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Cutin is one of two wax
Wax

Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.It is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely...
y polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle
Plant cuticle

Plant cuticles are a protective waxy covering produced only by the Epidermis of leaf, young shoots and all other aerial plant organs without periderm....
 which covers all aerial surfaces of plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
s. The other major cuticle polymer, which is much more readily preserved
Taphonomy

TaphonomyFrom greek Taphos; literally meaning 'study of the grave' is the research of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilized ....
, is cutan
Cutan

Cutan is one of two polymers which occur in the plant cuticle of some plants. The other and better-known polymer is Cutin. Cutan is believed to be a hydrocarbon polymer, whereas cutin is a polyester, but the structure and synthesis of cutan are not yet fully understood....
. Cutin consists of hydroxy-fatty acid
Fatty acid

In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid often with a long unbranched aliphatic tail , which is either saturation or Unsaturated compound....
s and their derivatives which are interlinked via ester
Ester

An ester is an often Aroma compound organic chemistry or partially organic compound formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol or aromatic alcohol with the elimination of water....
 bonds, forming a polyester polymer of indeterminate size.

There are two major monomer
Monomer

A monomer is a small molecule that may become Chemistry chemical bonding to other monomers to form a polymer....
 families of cutin, the C16 and C18 families.






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Cutin is one of two wax
Wax

Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.It is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely...
y polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle
Plant cuticle

Plant cuticles are a protective waxy covering produced only by the Epidermis of leaf, young shoots and all other aerial plant organs without periderm....
 which covers all aerial surfaces of plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
s. The other major cuticle polymer, which is much more readily preserved
Taphonomy

TaphonomyFrom greek Taphos; literally meaning 'study of the grave' is the research of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilized ....
, is cutan
Cutan

Cutan is one of two polymers which occur in the plant cuticle of some plants. The other and better-known polymer is Cutin. Cutan is believed to be a hydrocarbon polymer, whereas cutin is a polyester, but the structure and synthesis of cutan are not yet fully understood....
. Cutin consists of hydroxy-fatty acid
Fatty acid

In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid often with a long unbranched aliphatic tail , which is either saturation or Unsaturated compound....
s and their derivatives which are interlinked via ester
Ester

An ester is an often Aroma compound organic chemistry or partially organic compound formed by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol or aromatic alcohol with the elimination of water....
 bonds, forming a polyester polymer of indeterminate size.

There are two major monomer
Monomer

A monomer is a small molecule that may become Chemistry chemical bonding to other monomers to form a polymer....
 families of cutin, the C16 and C18 families. The C16 family consists mainly of 16-hydroxypalmitate and 9,16 or 10,16-dihydroxypalmitate. The C18 family consists mainly of 18-hydroxyoleate, 9,10-epoxy-18-hydroxystearate, and 9,10,18-trihydroxystearate.

Cutin is sometimes confused with suberin
Suberin

Suberin is a wax substance found in higher plants. Suberin is a main constituent of cork , and is named after the Cork Oak, Quercus suber....
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