Wax acid

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The wax acids are a subgroup of saturated unbranched alkanoic acids. The frontier between fatty acids and wax acids is fluid. It often begins at 22 carbon atoms.

The members are:

• Behenic acid C-22
• Lignoceric acid C-24
• Cerotic acid C-26
• Montanic acid C-28
• Melissic acid C-30
• Lacceroic acid C-32
• Geddic acid C-34