how many chains of fatty acids are found in waxes?
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A second group of neutral lipids that are of physiological importance, though they are a minor component of biological systems, are waxes.fatty esters (70-82%), free fatty alcohols (8-14%), acids (1-4%) and hydrocarbons (1-6%). The esters are formed of chains of 28 up to 34 carbon atoms.
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It contains mainly wax esters (85%), which constitute C16 to C20 fatty acids linked to C30 to C34 alcohols to give C46 to C54 molecular species, and these are accompanied by small amounts of free acids and alcohols, hydrocarbons and resins.
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