It forms salts called nonadecylates.

Nonadecylic acid can be found in fats and vegetable oils, although it is rare.

[citation needed] It is also present in the world of insects as the major constituent of the substance secreted by soldiers of the termite Rhinotermes marginalis for defence purposes.

[2] Nonadecanoic acid has found applications in the field of metal lubrication.

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