Contents of some bioactive compounds in Norway spruce needles as affected by short-term storage at different conditions and implications for their industrial use was written by Sciukaite, Agne;Loziene, Kristina;Labokas, Juozas;Jurkoniene, Sigita. And the article was included in Industrial Crops and Products in 2022.COA of Formula: C12H20O2 This article mentions the following:
The main aim of the research was to evaluate changes in contents of essential oils and pigments in Norway spruce needles as affected by short-term storage under different conditions as well as to assess the potential resources of winter-harvested foliage obtainable from byproducts of forest felling as a natural source of these bioactives. One- and two-year-old needles were taken for the analyses fresh (control) and after five-week storage at three different conditions: at 4°C in fridge, at -24°C in freezer and in the forest of their origin. Essential oils were isolated from needles by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatog.-mass spectrometry. Analyses of chlorophylls and carotenoids were performed spectrophotometrically. The study showed that none of the tested storage conditions of P. abies needles had significant influence on the total amounts of essential oils in them varying from 0.16% to 0.20% per dry matter (v/w) in two- and one-year-old needles, resp. Bornyl acetate was the main compound identified in the essential oils amounting to 14.47-40.04%. The mean total contents of chlorophylls amounted to 1.10 mg/g in one-year-old needles and to 1.28 mg/g in two-year-old ones measured in fresh weight Statistically significant differences were established in the levels of all the pigments analyzed between fresh material, and stored under controlled, -24°C and 4°C, conditions both of 1-yr-old and 2-yr-old needles. The highest contents of the pigments were obtained after the storage at 4°C as well as under the natural forest condition. Based on the above data and the national forestry statistics, potential yields of essential oils (6.45 kg), total chlorophylls (9.27 kg) and total carotenoids (1.32 kg) were assessed per ha of a mature sprucewood stand in Lithuania. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (E)-3,7-Dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl acetate (cas: 105-87-3COA of Formula: C12H20O2).
(E)-3,7-Dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl acetate (cas: 105-87-3) belongs to esters. Esters are widespread in nature and are widely used in industry. In nature, fats are in general triesters derived from glycerol and fatty acids. Esters are responsible for the aroma of many fruits. Liquid esters of low volatility serve as softening agents for resins and plastics. Esters also include many industrially important polymers. Polymethyl methacrylate is a glass substitute sold under the names Lucite and Plexiglas; polyethylene terephthalate is used as a film (Mylar) and as textile fibres sold as Terylene, Fortrel, and Dacron.COA of Formula: C12H20O2
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