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Melissyl palmitate

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

The wax that bees make is a complicated mixture of many compounds, but about 70 percent of it is the wax made from palmitic acid, a fatty acid, and the long-chain alcohol triacontanol (melissyl alcohol). [Pg.62]

Tiiacontanol (melissyl alcohol, myricyl alcohol). H3C-(CH2)28-CH20H, C30H62O, Mr 438.82, mp. 86.5 °C, soluble in toluene, insoluble in water. T. is a component of many plant waxes and occurs as the palmitate in bees wax. Triacontanal (C30H60O, Mr 436.80) has also been isolated from plant waxes. T. acts as a plant... [Pg.660]

Melissyl alcohol, myricyl alcohol 1-triacontanol, or 1-hydroxytriacontane, CH3-(CH2)28CH20H. M. is present in plant cuticle waxes Beeswax consists principally of the palmitate ester of M. (myiicin). [Pg.386]

Rice bran wax Rice bran Esters of palmitic, behenic, lignoceric, and higher acids with cetyl alcohol, melissyl alcohol. Cosmetics, paper and textile coating, waterproofing... [Pg.730]

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