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Exploring the potential of hydro alcoholic crude extract of beeswax as antibacterial antifungal antiviral antiinflammatory and antioxidant agent [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Apis mellifera beeswax is synthesized from honey sugars and secreted by specialized glands located on the ventral side of the abdomen of worker bees aged 12–18 days. This beeswax possesses various therapeutic properties beneficial to human health.
Alsayed E. Mekky, Nehad M. El-Barkey, Hesham M. Abd El Halim, Sara A. Nasser, Nashaat N. Mahmoud, Abdullah A. Zahra, Mohamed A. Nasr-Eldin   +6 more
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Improvement of the Performance of Chitosan—Aloe vera Coatings by Adding Beeswax on Postharvest Quality of Mango Fruit

Foods, 2021
The effect of the application of chitosan–Aloe vera coatings emulsified with beeswax (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2%) during storage of Mangifera indica L. (cv Anwar Ratol) was investigated. Particle size of emulsions was reduced significantly with an increase in
Usman Amin, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Usman Khan, Muhammad Ehtasham Akram, Mirian Pateiro, José M. Lorenzo, Abid Aslam Maan   +6 more
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Effect of edible beeswax coating on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) postharvest quality [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Beeswax, known for its beneficial composition, has found wide application in various industries, including pharmacy, and medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of beeswax as a covering for preserving tomato postharvest quality.
Wan Ibrahim Wan Nur Salihah Huda, Rudiyanto, Mohd Shah Ramisah   +2 more
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Adulteration of beeswax: A first nationwide survey from Belgium.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Beeswax is intended for use in the beekeeping sector but also in the agro-food, pharmaceutical or cosmetics sectors. The adulteration of beeswax is an emerging issue that was reported lately at several occasions in the scientific literature.
Noëmie El Agrebi, Lidija Svečnjak, Jelena Horvatinec, Véronique Renault, Agnes Rortais, Jean-Pierre Cravedi, Claude Saegerman   +6 more
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Determination the flow of experimental modeling waxes by using vicat apparatus [PDF]

Al-Rafidain Dental Journal, 2011
Aim of the study: measuring the flow of new experimental modeling waxes. Materials and methods: preparation of one hundred twenty (120) samples of different experimental modeling waxes by mixing of different percentages of Iraqi natural waxes ( hard ...
Nadira A. Hatim , Amer A. Taqa, Ahmad W. Alubaidi   +2 more
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Tuning Thermal Properties of Beeswax Incorporating ZnO, CuO and Soot Particles

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, 2020
Phase change materials that have low thermal conductivity take a longer time to store and to discharge the stored thermal energy. The thermal conductivity of phase change materials can be enhanced using different additives.
Dr. Dinsefa Mensur
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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
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