Wax acid

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