A salt or ester of azelaic acid, a compound derived from fatty acids and used in industrial applications and skincare products.
Formed by the chemical suffix '-ate' added to 'azel-', referencing the dicarboxylic acid found in natural sources like yeast, the term represents systematic chemical nomenclature.
Azelates are wonderful examples of how chemistry finds use for naturally occurring compounds—what starts as a fatty acid breakdown product in yeast becomes a pharmaceutical ingredient because someone noticed it had antibacterial properties.
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