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What is a cetyl?

What is a cetyl? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent hexadecyl radical C16H33- present in many waxes
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Cetyl myristoleate, a fatty acid that regulates inflammation and pain, is one of them.
Also supplied as 100 percent active, Tego Flow 354 is a cetyl dimethicone copolyol that promotes clean print quality in ink jet inks by improving flow and stabilizing the ink.
When added in proper concentrations, cetyl or stearyl alcohol may also be incorporated in skin cleansing products as emollients.
In the first step, we produced the appropriate reactants including solid iodine and cetyl trimethyl ammonium iodide.
A new agent promoted for osteoarthritis treatment is cetyl myristoleate, a material synthesized from cetyl alcohol and myristoleic acid.
One of the first available protein-free, artificial surfactant preparations was Exosurf, or colfosceril palmitate plus cetyl alcohol and tyloxapol.

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