Study Set Content:
esters resulting from the condensation of high molecular weight, straight chain acids and primary straight chain alcohols
WAXES
mixtures of different molecular weight acids and alcohols in plants, they are found in connection with the outer cell walls of epidermal tissue particularly in fruits and leaves
Waxes
WAXES
Spermaceti
Jojoba oil
Beeswax - Syn
White beeswax, yellow beeswax
Honeycomb of hive bee .
Beeswax
Beeswax Sn
Apis mellifera
Fam
Apidae
Constituents:
Myricin, cerotic acid, mellisic acid, ceryl alcohol
Beeswax Uses:
Preparation of ointments, plaster and polishes
Carnauba wax Syn
Brazil wax
Exudates from pores of the leaves
. Carnauba wax
. Carnauba wax other name
Copernicia prunifera; C. cerifera
Carnauba wax Fam
Palmae
Constituents:
carnaubic acid, cerotic acid, myricyl cerotat
Uses
Preparation of cosmetic products
- C20 lipid metabolites formed in the body from essential, unsaturated fatty acids of the diet. - Occurs in nearly all mammalian tissues
PROSTAGLANDIN
All have a cyclopentane ring with 2 aliphatic side chains and the stereo chemistry of members of each group
PROSTAGLANDIN
Biological Activities or Functions ● Involved in
platelet aggregation
Have the ability to lower down
BP
GI
motility
