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Ethyl oleate is the ester formed by the condensation of the fatty acid oleic acid and ethanol. It is a colorless to light yellow liquid. Ethyl oleate is produced by the body during ethanol intoxication.<ref></ref>

Ethyl oleate is used as a solvent for pharmaceutical drug preparations involving lipophilic substances such as steroids.<ref></ref> It also finds use as a lubricant and a plasticizer.

Ethyl oleate is regulated as a food additive by the Food and Drug Administration under “Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption”, 21CFR172.515.

Ethyl oleate has been identified as a primer pheromone in honeybees.


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