Profile: Dofly Biochemicals, Ltd. provides plant extracts and pharmaceutical intermediates for use in the pharmaceutical, health-food and cosmetics industries. Policosanol is the generic term used for a mixture of long-chain primary aliphatic saturated alcohols. These alcohols are derived from the waxes of such plants as sugar cane and yams. They are also found in beeswax. The mainlong-chain alcohol in policosanol is the 28 carbon 1-octanosol, and next most abundant is the 30 carbon 1-triacontanol.