Octacosanol was prepared by beeswax. Temperature and time for saponification, NaOH concentration, the effect of the solid-liquid ratio on the extraction of saponification were studied. The result of orthogonal test and variance analysis showed that the optimal saponification conditions were : 95 ℃ ,3.5 h, 8% of the mixture of NaOH and CH3CHEOH, 1:8 of solidliquid ratio. By purification and molecular distilla...