eprintid: 17810 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/78/10 datestamp: 2025-06-17 23:30:10 lastmod: 2025-06-17 23:30:11 status_changed: 2025-06-17 23:30:10 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Chen, Ge creators_name: Qian, Jingjing creators_name: Bei, Yang creators_name: Qi, Zexiu creators_name: Cianciosi, Danila creators_name: Armas Diaz, Yasmany creators_name: Cassotta, Manuela creators_name: Álvarez-Suárez, José M. creators_name: Battino, Maurizio creators_name: Giampieri, Francesca creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es creators_id: francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es title: Chemical Composition of Beeswax ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_eng subjects: uneat_sn divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: none abstract: Beeswax is a complex natural substance consisting of more than 300 components. Currently, beeswax has many applications in cosmetics, medicine, food, and handicrafts because of its natural composition. The main chemical components of beeswax are presented in this chapter, such as esters, hydrocarbons, free acids, and free alcohols. As the largest component in beeswax, the main molecules, monoesters, diesters, and hydroxyesters, and the minor components, triesters and acidic esters, of esters compounds are discussed. In addition, other minor substances in beeswax are also described: aromatic and volatile compounds, a few minerals,v small amounts of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and trace chemical elements such as Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, and P. date: 2025-05 publisher: Springer, Cham pagerange: 495-504 id_number: doi:10.1007/978-3-031-89049-9_15 refereed: TRUE isbn: 978-3-031-89049-9 book_title: Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties official_url: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89049-9_15 access: close language: en citation: Sección/Capítulo de Libro Materias > Ingeniería Materias > Alimentación Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Cerrado Inglés Beeswax is a complex natural substance consisting of more than 300 components. Currently, beeswax has many applications in cosmetics, medicine, food, and handicrafts because of its natural composition. The main chemical components of beeswax are presented in this chapter, such as esters, hydrocarbons, free acids, and free alcohols. As the largest component in beeswax, the main molecules, monoesters, diesters, and hydroxyesters, and the minor components, triesters and acidic esters, of esters compounds are discussed. In addition, other minor substances in beeswax are also described: aromatic and volatile compounds, a few minerals,v small amounts of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and trace chemical elements such as Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, and P. metadata Chen, Ge; Qian, Jingjing; Bei, Yang; Qi, Zexiu; Cianciosi, Danila; Armas Diaz, Yasmany; Cassotta, Manuela; Álvarez-Suárez, José M.; Battino, Maurizio y Giampieri, Francesca mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es (2025) Chemical Composition of Beeswax. In: Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties. Springer, Cham, pp. 495-504. ISBN 978-3-031-89049-9