triacontanol

English

Noun

triacontanol (plural triacontanols)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of very many alcohols of the general formula C30H62O, but especially 1-triacontanol, also known as melissyl alcohol or myricyl alcohol, that is found in plant cuticle waxes and in beeswax as the palmitate ester.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.