Abstract
Abstract A detailed chemical analysis of the benzene extract of western white pine bark was conducted. The extract consisted of 13% phlobaphenes, 18% strong acids, 21% polar weak acids, 6.5% fatty acids, 9.5% resin acids, and 32% neutrals. The fatty acids consisted mainly of C 20:0 , C 22:0 , and C 24:0 acids. The resin acids were identified as: isopimaric, anticopalic, dehydroabietic, sandaracopimaric, abietic, 6,8,11,13-abietatetraen-18-oic and pimaric acids. The neutrals on saponification gave fatty acids, sterols, wax alcohols, nonsaponifiables, and other components. The esterified fatty acids consisted primarily of the C 16:0 , C 18:0 , C 20:0 and C 24:0 acids. The sterols included major amounts of sitosterol, campesterol, and stigmasterol, and traces of cholesterol. Over 70 individual compounds were isolated and identified from the nonsaponifiables. These included borneol, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, steroidal ketones, as well as lanostane and serratane triterpenes. The characterization of12 new natural products or natural products isolated for the first time from Pinus species is reported.
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