Question

What are waxes? Give an example
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Answer 1

Answer:

Waxes is a general term used to refer to the mixture of long-chain apolar lipids forming a protective coating (cutin in the cuticle) on plant leaves and fruits but also in animals (wax of honeybee, cuticular lipids of insects, spermaceti of the sperm whale, skin lipids, uropygial glands of birds, depot fat of ...

Explanation:

second group of neutral lipids that are of physiological importance, though they are a minor component of biological systems, are waxes. Essentially, waxes consist of a long-chain fatty acid linked through an ester oxygen to a long-chain alcohol.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophlic,malleable solids near ambient tempratures.