How stable are free fatty acids?

I'm not sure what you mean by stable, but an important principle in fatty acid metabolism is that the body keeps the concentration of free fatty acids low. read more

When I was in graduate student, a fellow student was working on a project with fatty acids (eventually published here: Serum Albumins as Differential Receptors for the Discrimination of Fatty Acids and Oils).Only the extremely short chain fatty acids were water soluble. I believe most solutions of the fatty acids were made in methanol. read more

Implementation of Free Fatty Acid Stable Isotope Tagging for the Sensitive Detection of FFAs in Different Conditions Simultaneously (A) Synthesis of the isotopic tags and derivatization of endogenous FFA. read more

The "uncombined fatty acids" or "free fatty acids" found in the circulation of animals come from the breakdown (or lipolysis) of stored triglycerides. Because they are insoluble in water, these fatty acids are transported bound to plasma albumin. read more