The name of the acyl group derived from myristic acid is myristoyl or tetradecanoyl.

[12] Nutmeg butter has 75% trimyristin, the triglyceride of myristic acid and a source from which it can be synthesised.

[13] Besides nutmeg, myristic acid is found in palm kernel oil, coconut oil, butterfat, 8–14% of bovine milk, and 8.6% of breast milk as well as being a minor component of many other animal fats.

[9] It is found in spermaceti, the crystallized fraction of oil from the sperm whale.

Myristic acid consumption raises low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.