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The Species of Pine Oleoresin in China
MAIN SPECIES OF PINE OLEORESIN IN CHINA
The species of pine oleoresin in China mainly includes Masson Pine, Slash Pine, Yunnanensis, Simao Pine, Pinus Latteri, Caribaea, Pinus, Chinese Pine, Armandi, Pinus Sylvestris and Larch.
Masson Pine is the most important species, which distributed in the mountain of China, from the Huaihe River to the south of Hanshui River, in the western of Sichuan to the eastern of Xizang, and the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Shandong, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi.
Slash Pine distributed in Jian of Jiangxi, the provinces of Guangxi and Guangdong.
Yunnanensis distributed in the areas of Yunnan, western of Guizhou, eastern of Xizang and Baise of Guangxi.
Pins Latteri distributed in the Hainan, Suixi and Lianjiang of Guangdong eastern, Dongxing and Hepu of Guangxi province.
Caribaea distributed in Guangdong, Yangjiang, Shantou, Nanning and Hepu of Guangxi, and Hainan Island.
Simao Pine distributed in Simao of Yunnan, Malipo, Pu’er, Luxi and the north of Pu’er, such as Bajiangbian, Mojiang, Jing’gu, Shuangjiang, Gengma, Zhenyuan and Jingdong.
COMPOSE OF OLEORESIN AND MONOTERPENE IN GUM ROSIN
| Item | Pinus Massoniana Gum Rosin | Pinus Massoniana Gum Rosin | Pinus Yunnanensis Gum Rosin | Pinus Elliottii Gum Rosin | Pinus Kesiya Gum Rosin | Pinus Armandi Gum Rosin | Pinus Latteri Gum Rosin | |
| Guangdong | Fujian | Sichuan | Jiangxi | Yunnan | Guizhou | Hainan | ||
| Monoterpene content (%) | α-Pinene | 82.8 | 89.0 | 81.6 | 52.9 | 97.4 | 80.7 | 87.3 |
| β-pinene | 8.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 39.4 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 9.2 | |
| Camphene | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| Myrcene | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| Carene | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Dipentene | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | |
| β-Phellandrene | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | – | |
| Turpentine ratio whirl value, [ɑ]D20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Resin acid content (%) | Levopimaric acid & Palustric acid | 26.7 | 19.2 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 27.1 | 23.4 | 19.7 |
| Abietic acid | 41.6 | 50.1 | 46.7 | 29.7 | 37.3 | 64.3 | 28.4 | |
| Neoabietic acid | 13.5 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | |
| Dehydroabietic acid | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 8.6 | – | 5.6 | |
| Pimaric acid | 9.2 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 7.4 | – | – | |
| Isopimaric acid | – | 3.1 | 5.3 | 19.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 15.4 | |
| Sandaracopimaric acid | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 7.4 | |
| Dicarboxylic acid | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18.5 | |
| Abietic-type acid | 81.8 | 79.1 | 81.2 | 62.2 | 78.1 | 90.8 | 53.2 | |
RESIN ACID PERCENTAGE IN PINE OLEORESIN
| Item | Massoniana, Guangdong | Massoniana, Fujian | Elliottii, Jiangxi | Kesiya, Yunnan | Armandi, Guizhou | Latteri, Hainan |
| Palustric acid & Levopimaric acid | 26.7% | 19.2% | 19.5% | 27.1% | 23.4% | 19.7% |
| Abietic acid | 41.% | 50.1% | 29.7% | 37.3% | 64.3% | 28.4% |
| Neoabietic acid | 13.5% | 9.8% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| Dehydroabietic acid | 7.0% | 6.0% | 9.3% | 8.6% | n/a | 5.6% |
| Pimaric acid | 9.2% | 9.6% | 5.3% | 7.4% | minor | n/a |
| Isopimaric acid | n/a | 3.1% | 19.5% | 3.8% | 0.9% | 15.4% |
| Sandaracopimaric acid | 2.2% | 2.2% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 8.9% | 7.4% |
RESIN ACID FROM GUM ROSIN IN DIFFERENT COUNTIRES
| Country | U.S.A | Brazil | China | Greece | Honduras | India | Portugal | Mexico | Russia | Turkey |
| Pimaric acid | 5.1 | 4.7 | 9.2 | n/a | 9.6 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 7.8 | n/a |
| Sandaracopimaric acid | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 13 |
| Juniperic acid | 2.8 | 3.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.7 | n/a | n/a |
| Palustric acid & Levopimaric acid | 25 | 11.7 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 10.1 | 30 | 27 | 24 |
| Isopimaric acid | 17 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 12.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 13 |
| Abietic acid | 22 | 36.3 | 44 | 50 | 22 | 38 | 53.3 | 32 | 35 | 41 |
| Dehydroabietic acid | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 12 | 2 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Neoabietic acid | 20 | n/a | 15 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 6.1 | 16 | 17 | 15 |