Beeswax contains lipid lowering compounds. - GreenMedInfo Summary
[Active constituents lowering blood-lipid in beeswax].
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1986 Sep-Oct;10(5):530-2. PMID: 9772646
Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou.
Three compounds were isolated from the active fraction Lowering blood-lipid in the traditional Chinese beeswax (Apis cerana or A. mellifera). They were identified as dotriacontanol, triacontanol and octacosanol by chemical and spectroscopic methods.