Big Chemical Encyclopedia

Chemical substances, components, reactions, process design ...

Articles Figures Tables About

Melissyl cerotate

Waxes (polishing and plasticizer) Camauba wax (= Brazil wax) Sigma 2000 = camaubic acid, cerotic acid, and melissyl cerotate Copernicia prunifera (Muell.) H.E. Mowe, Palmae, Ang. [Pg.180]

Waxes are complex mixtures of nonpolar lipids. They are protective coatings on leaves, stems, and fruits of plants and the skin and fur of animals. Esters composed of long-chain fatty acids and long-chain alcohols are prominent constituents of most waxes. Well-known examples of waxes include camauba wax, produced by the leaves of the Brazilian wax palm, and beeswax. The predominant constituent of camauba wax is the wax ester melissyl cerotate (Figure 11.5). Triacontyl hexadecanoate is one of several important wax esters in beeswax. Waxes also contain hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, aldehydes, and sterols (steroid alcohols). [Pg.340]

Found in camauba wax, melissyl cerotate is an ester formed from melissyl alcohol and cerotic acid. [Pg.340]

Carnauba wax Carnauba palm, Copernicia prunifera confera Melissyl cerotate, CHjCCHjJj.COOCCH J CHj. co-Flydroxy acids, Cj -Cj. Coatings, car polish, boat wax, shoe polish, surf wax, cosmetics, paper coatings... [Pg.730]

Beeswax Bees Melissyl palmitate, CHjJCHjJiXOOJCHjJjgCHj. Cerotic acid. Candles, furniture polish, surf wax, cosmetics... [Pg.730]

Chinese wax Ceroplastes ceriferus Ceryl lignocerate, montanyl lignocerate, melissyl lignocerate, ceryl cerotate, ceryl montanate. Candles, polishes, lubricant, Chinese traditional medicine... [Pg.730]

See other pages where Melissyl cerotate is mentioned: [Pg.84]    [Pg.340]    [Pg.281]    [Pg.84]    [Pg.340]    [Pg.281]    [Pg.266]   
See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.337 ]



SEARCH



© 2024 chempedia.info