Waxes

A plastic substance deposited by insects or obtained from plants. Waxes are esters of various fatty acids with higher, usually monohydric alcohols. The wax of pharmacy is principally yellow wax (beeswax), the material of which honeycomb is made. It consists chiefly of cerotic acid and myricin and is used in making ointments, cerates, etc. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Networked: 111 relevant articles (6 outcomes, 3 trials/studies)

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Experts

1.	Bi, Yang: 2 articles (01/2021 - 02/2014)
2.	Li, Yongcai: 2 articles (01/2021 - 02/2014)
3.	Suh, Mi Chung: 2 articles (06/2017 - 03/2011)
4.	Minnikin, David E: 2 articles (11/2013 - 07/2009)
5.	Moser, Gabriele: 2 articles (12/2007 - 08/2006)
6.	Franke, Rochus: 2 articles (11/2006 - 02/2005)
7.	Schreiber, Lukas: 2 articles (11/2006 - 02/2005)
8.	Griffin-Mathieu, Gabrielle: 1 article (04/2022)
9.	Haward, Ben: 1 article (04/2022)
10.	Perez, Samara: 1 article (04/2022)

Related Diseases

1.	Infections 11/01/2006 - "In vegetative leaf tissues, cuticles including cuticular waxes are important for protection against nonstomatal water loss and pathogen infection as well as for adaptations to environmental stress. " 01/01/2021 - "Appressorium formation and infection hyphae were reduced in the ΔAaPKAc mutant strain, and the ability of the ΔAaPKAc mutant strain to recognize and respond to high hydrophobicity surfaces and different surface waxes was lower than in the wild type (WT) strain. " 08/01/2020 - "As the first contact site between plants and pathogens, the layer of cuticular waxes could function as a plant physical barrier that limits the entry of pathogens, acts as a reservoir of signals to trigger plant defense responses, and even gives cues exploited by pathogens to initiate their infection processes. " 08/01/2020 - "The aerial surface of higher plants is covered by a hydrophobic layer of cuticular waxes to protect plant tissues against enormous environmental challenges including the infection of various pathogens. " 08/01/2016 - "Cuticular waxes on plant surfaces limit non-stomatal water loss, protect plants against deposits of dust and impose a physical barrier to pathogen infection. "
2.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 02/01/2010 - "Society's interest in sexual abuse waxes and wanes in ways that mirror the fluidity of memory narrated by trauma survivors. " 04/01/2013 - "Physico-chemical properties and efficacy of silk fibroin fabric coated with different waxes as wound dressing." 11/28/2014 - "Greige cotton contains waxes and pectin on the outer surface of the fiber that are removed when bleached, but these components present potential wound dressing functionality. " 04/01/2013 - "Therefore, SF fabrics coated with waxes, particularly carnauba wax, would be promising choices of non-adhesive wound dressing." 01/01/1991 - "[The effect of waxes from essential-oil plants on the dehydrogenase activity of the blood neutrophils in mucosal trauma of the mouth]."
3.	Skin Diseases (Skin Disease) 04/01/2020 - "Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that waxes and wanes, and long-term remission can be difficult to achieve regardless of disease severity. " 11/01/2013 - "Syphilis, the "great imitator," with regard to skin diseases, is a chronic systemic infectious disease with a clinical course that waxes and wanes. "
4.	Psoriasis (Pustulosis Palmaris et Plantaris) 04/01/2020 - "Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that waxes and wanes, and long-term remission can be difficult to achieve regardless of disease severity. " 06/01/1994 - "Unlike many chronic diseases, psoriasis spontaneously waxes and wanes. "
5.	Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders (Insomnia) 09/11/1995 - "Furthermore, subjects with persistent or new respiratory symptoms at survey II were less likely to have remission of insomnia by that survey (31.6% vs 51.5%; P < .05; odds ratio, 0.43) and more likely to develop new insomnia (28.6% vs 14.5%; P < 05; odds ratio, 2.36) than subjects with either no symptoms or disappearance of their symptoms by survey II. In our population, insomnia is a common dynamic complaint whose frequency waxes and wanes in association with respiratory symptoms."

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8.	Detergents (Detergent)
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