Sheep topical preparations

The most familar animal wax is probably lanolin, which is obtained from the wool of the sheep. It consists primarily of esters of Cig-Cie alcohols and fatty acids, sterols (cholesterol), and terpene alcohols. It is frequently used in topical preparations. Until recently, spermaceti was another commonly used animal wax. Spermaceti is obtained through the precipitation of the head oil from the sperm whale on cooling. It consists primarily of cetyl palmitate. Because of public... 

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