Waxes

Question 1

2 NONLIPID COMPONENTS FROM BEES

Answer 1

Propolis, royal jelly

Question 2

resinous material collected by bees from the buds of trees and used to fill cracks or gaps in the hive

Answer 2

Propolis

Question 3

milky fluid produced by the salivary glands of worker bees and used as essential nourishment for the development of the queen bee larvae

Answer 3

Royal jelly

Question 4

White wax, aka __

Answer 4

White beeswax

Question 5

prepared by treatment of yellow wax with charcoal, KMnO4, chromic acid, chlorine or by slow bleaching action of light, air, and moisture

Answer 5

White beeswax

Question 6

White beeswax is prepared by treatment of __ with charcoal, KMnO4, chromic acid, chlorine or by slow bleaching action of light, air, and moisture

Answer 6

yellow wax

Question 7

White beeswax is prepared by treatment of yellow wax with ____, ____, _____, ____ or by _____ action of ___, ___, and ___

Answer 7

charcoal, KMnO4, chromic acid, chlorine

slow bleaching action of light, air, and moisture

Question 8

nonlipid componemt from bees used to fill cracks or gaps in the hive

Answer 8

Propolis

Question 9

Propolis – resinous material collected by bees from the ___ of trees

Answer 9

buds

Question 10

non lipid component from bees used as essential nourishment for the development of the queen bee larvae

Answer 10

Royal jelly

Question 11

Royal jelly - milky fluid produced by the ____ of ___ bees

Answer 11

salivary glands, working

Question 12

to detect presence of adulterants of natural beeswax

Answer 12

Saponification cloud test

Question 13

Wax used in ointments and in cold cream

Answer 13

White wax

Question 14

Wax used for Plasters, polishes

Answer 14

White wax

Question 15

Beeswax - Sci name

Answer 15

Apis mellifera

Question 16

Beeswax - family

Answer 16

Apidae

Question 17

Significant lipid cons - beeswax

Answer 17

Myricyl palmitate, free cerotic acid

Question 18

Wax used as Stiffener, ingredient in yellow ointment

Answer 18

Beeswax

Question 19

Wax used as base for cerates and plasters

Answer 19

Beeswax

Question 20

Wax Commercially, used for polishes

Answer 20

beeswax

Question 21

Formed when yellow wax is bleached

Answer 21

White wax

Question 22

White wax - bleaching is accomplished by allowing the melted wax to flow slowly over _____

Answer 22

revolving wetted cylinders

Question 23

Sci name - carnauba

Answer 23

Copernicia prunifera

Question 24

Family - carnauba

Answer 24

Arecaceae

Question 25

Significant lipid constituent/s - carnauba

Answer 25

Myricyl cerotate

Question 26

Uses - carnauba (4)

Answer 26

Tablet-coating agent Manufacture of candles, leather and furniture polishes (Kiwi®) Manufacture of candles, wax varnishes, deodorant sticks, leather and furniture polishes (as beeswax substitute) Replacement for beeswax in the preparation of phytocosmetics

Question 27

Uses - beeswax (2)

Answer 27

Stiffener, ingredient in yellow ointment, used as base for cerates and plasters Commercially, used for polishes

Question 28

Uses - white wax (2)

Answer 28

Used in ointments and in cold cream Plasters, polishes

Question 29

Sci name - Jojoba

Answer 29

Simmondsia chinensis

Question 30

Family - jojoba

Answer 30

Buxaceae

Question 31

Significant lipid constituent/s - jojoba (4)

Answer 31

Esters of eicosenoic acid, eicosenol, and docosenol, gondoic acid

Question 32

yields a crystalline wax similar to spermaceti

Answer 32

Hydrogenated jojoba oil

Question 33

Uses - jojoba (2)

Answer 33

Emollients and agents of pharmaceutic necessity

Question 34

Hydrogenated jojoba oil: yields a crystalline wax similar to _____

Answer 34

spermaceti

Question 35

Source and sci name - spermaceti

Answer 35

Head of sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Question 36

Family of source - spermaceti

Answer 36

Physteteridae

Question 37

Synonyms - spermaceti (2)

Answer 37

Cera de Cachalote, Blanco de Ballena

Question 38

Significant lipid constituents - spermaceti (5)

Answer 38

Hexadecyl esters of fatty acids: Cetyl esters wax, Cetyl alcohol, Stearyl alcohol, Cetostearyl alcohol

Question 39

Cons spermaceti - synthetic substitute for spermacetic

Answer 39

Cetyl esters wax

Question 40

Cons spermaceti - 1-hexadecanol

Answer 40

Cetyl alcohol

Question 41

Cons spermaceti - emulsifying/ stiffening agent

Answer 41

Cetyl alcohol

Question 42

Cons spermaceti - 1-octadecanol

Answer 42

Stearyl alcohol

Question 43

Cons spermaceti - alternative to cetyl alcohol

Answer 43

Stearyl alcohol

Question 44

Cons spermaceti - 40% stearyl alcohols, nlt 90% cetyl and stearyl alcohols

Answer 44

Cetostearyl alcohol

Question 45

esters of higher monohydric alcohols (~16-36 carbons) combined with long chain fatty acids (~24-36 carbons)

Answer 45

Wax

Question 46

Wax - ____ of higher ___ alcohols (~16-36 carbons) combined with long chain fatty acids (~24-36 carbons)

Answer 46

esters, monohydric

Question 47

Waxes May contain other lipids like ? (4)

Answer 47

free acids, hydrocarbons, free alcohols, and sterols

Question 48

May contain other lipids like free acids, hydrocarbons, free alcohols, and sterols

Answer 48

Waxes

Question 49

Considered as end product of metabolism

Answer 49

Waxes

Question 50

T or F: waxes play a part in the metabolism of the plant

Answer 50

F - no part

Question 51

Employed in formulations to protect from loss of water

Answer 51

Waxes

Question 52

Control consistency of ointments and creams

Answer 52

Waxes

Question 53

Waxes uses (2)

Answer 53

Employed in formulations to protect from loss of water, as well as control consistency of ointments and creams

Question 54

Waxes usually occur in specific tissues like? (3)

Answer 54

leaf cuticle, fruit cuticle, seed coats

Question 55

Waxes usu occur in ___ or sometimes dispersed in ___

Answer 55

specific tissues, cytoplasm

Question 56

Waxes originate from ___ (____) & ___ (___)

Answer 56

animals (sperm whale) & insects (bees)

Question 57

T or F: waxes have lower acid values than fats

Answer 57

F - higher

Question 58

Fats may be saponified by aqueous or alcoholic alkali but waxes only by _____ alkali

Answer 58

alcoholic

Question 59

Fats may be saponified by ___ or ___ alkali but waxes only by ___ alkali

Answer 59

aqueous, alcoholic, alcoholic

Question 60

Spermaceti and woolfat contain considerable quantities of ___, have high ____ values

Answer 60

sterols, saponification

Question 61

___ and ___ contain considerable quantities of sterols - have high saponification values

Answer 61

Spermaceti and woolfat