monolaurate

As nouns the difference between laurate and monolaurate

is that laurate is any salt or ester of lauric acid while monolaurate is any salt or ester containing a single laurate group.

As nouns the difference between ester and monolaurate

is that ester is ester while monolaurate is (chemistry|especially in combination) any salt or ester containing a single laurate group.

As an initialism salt

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As a noun monolaurate is

(chemistry|especially in combination) any salt or ester containing a single laurate group.