The basic knowledge of beeswax

Beeswax is a worker bee on the abdomen below the four pairs of wax gland secretion quality. Its main components are: acids, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols and carbohydrates. In addition, there are carotenoids, vitamin A, aromatic substances and so on.

Beeswax has a wide range of uses in industrial and agricultural production. In the cosmetic manufacturing industry, many beauty products contain beeswax, such as bath lotions, lipsticks, and fats, etc. In the candle processing industry, beeswax is used as the main raw material to manufacture various types of candles; in the pharmaceutical industry, beeswax can be used Manufacture of dental casting wax, base wax, stick wax, pellet shell; food coating, packaging and garments used in the food industry; in agriculture and animal husbandry can be used to produce fruit trees and wood wax and pests; In the apiculture industry, nest foundations and wax bowls can be manufactured. In addition, beeswax can also be used in the production of floor waxes, various finishing waxes, crayons, ironing waxes, and folk batik printing techniques.

Modern processing technology has obtained higher value-added products after further separation and extraction of special components of beeswax. This is triacontanol (TA), octacosanol, and rapeseed alcohol.

Triacontanol (TA) is a long-Chain fatty alcohol consisting of 30 carbon atoms. Chemical name is triacontanol-1 or n-triacontanol, abbreviated as 30-ol or TA, or TRIA, also known as bee flower. alcohol. TA content in beeswax can be as high as 10% to 25%, which is a good source of TA. Phytolactone is mainly used in agriculture. For example, TA can significantly increase the production and quality of economic algae such as kelp, seaweed and wakame. After application of TA to rice seedlings, a rapid response was observed and the content of reducing sugars and free amino acids increased rapidly. TA can not only increase the yield of tea, but also increase the amino acid content of tea and increase the aroma and quality of tea.

Octacosanol is a naturally-occurring higher alcohol and is mainly found in natural products such as sugarcane wax, waxy wax, wheat germ oil, beeswax and insect wax. Octacosanol is a calcitonin-promoting agent that can be used to treat hypercalcemia osteoporosis and treat high cholesterol and high lipoprotein blood types. Stimulate animal and human sexual behavior. Cosmetics containing octacosanol can promote skin blood circulation and activate cells, and have the effect of anti-inflammatory and prevention of skin diseases (such as athlete's foot, eczema, itching, acne, etc.).

Rape sterol ester is a steroid-like plant found in the late 1970s. It is widely found in pollen, immature seeds, stems, and leaves of various plants. It is closely related to the growth and development of plants and is known as the sixth largest category of plants****. Such plant hormones have important regulatory functions in many developmental and physiological processes including seed germination, stem elongation, leaf extension, xylem differentiation, resistance to diseases, and stress tolerance. American scientists are developing a perfect green grass that will never need to cut grass by regulating this plant hormone. Because "if there is no brassinosteroid in the plant, the leaves will remain green for a long time, will not turn yellow, and will not fall."