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Insect products

Name Cochineal Cantharides Bee Products
(Coccus) (Spanish flies) Honey Beeswax Propolis Royal Jelly
(Bee Gum)
Origin Dried Dried blisters beetles Saccharine It is the wax secreted by Sticky resinous White creamy substance
fecundated of Cantharis substances the wax gland of the worker substance of a secreted by head gland of
female insects vesicatoria produced from bees, Apis mellifera complex nature worker bees, Apis mellifera
of Dactylopius (Meloidae) flower nectar by the (Apidae) and collected gathered by worker (Apidae)
coccus worker bees of Apis from bees, Apis mellifera
(Coccidae) mellifera (Apidae) honeycomb of the (Apidae)
hive.
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Active Carminic Cantharidin: • Invert sugar (70 – • Myristyl palmitate Complex mixture of • Proteins
constituent acid: [10- (Monoterpenoid acid 80%) (80%) plant products: and amino acids.
20%] anhydride) (0.5 - 1.0 • Enzymes • Cerotic acid = • Resins. • Lipids and Fatty acids
(Anthraquinone %) • Vit. B, C hexacosanoic acid • Balsams (10-HDA =
C-glycoside) + -Fatal dose 10 mg. • Minerals (15%) • Flavonoids. trans-10-
Al or M = • Sucrose (1 – 4%) • Cerolein (aromatic • Phenolic hydroxydecenoic acid =
+
+3
Carmine • Pollen grains substance) acids. • Royal jelly acid, 2%)
(Carminic acid • Minerals • Pollen. • Carbohydrates
salt) • Beeswax
• Dextrin • Vitamins (B-
• Volatile oil • Volatile oil. complex)

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