"Cerotic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... oils. It consists of two substances, cerine and myricine, which are separated from one another by boiling alcohol, in which the former is more soluble. They are extremely complex in composition, the former consisting principally of an acid similar to the fatty acids, called cerotic acid, and containing C{54}H{54}O{4}. The latter has the formula C{92}H{92}O{4}. The wax found in the leaves of the lilac and other plants appears to consist of myricine, while that extracted from the sugar-cane is said to be different, and ...
— Elements of Agricultural Chemistry • Thomas Anderson |
