2. Characteristics of natural resins
2.1 Chemical composition
Chemically, natural resins are complex mixtures of several classes of compounds, the main ones being listed below.
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Essential oils (e.g. pine turpentine)
They are made up of volatile compounds that can be extracted, generally by steam distillation. Essential oils contain mostly mono- and sesquiterpene constituents (hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, carbonyl derivatives, oxides...), such as the pinenes in turpentine, with the chemical formula :
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Bibliography
Websites
The Botanical Dermatology Database
http://www.bodd.cf.ac.uk/index.html
Center for New Crops and Plant Products; Purdue University
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/SearchEngine.html
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Standardization
American Standards for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Standard test method for acid number of navals stores products including tall oil and others related products - D 465-01 -
- Standard test method for saponification number of navals stores products including tall oil and others related products - D 464-95 - (1999)
- Standard test methods for softening point of resins derived from naval store by ring-and-ball...
Organization
Plant Substances Chemistry Laboratory – Institut du pin.
Université Bordeaux - 1 – e-mail [email protected]
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