EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PINE RESINS COMPOUNDS

Abstract

The paper describes the obtaining and characterization of the forest pine resin and of the turpentine oil extracted from it. Pine resine emites some volatil compounds, such as pinen that in some circumstances enhances the toxic effect of some organic air polutant. The purpose of this work is to present different methods used to extract turpentine oil from the resin obtained from a pine wood situated in the vicinity of Moisei village, Maramureş and to put into practice three methods of extracting turpentine oil which were adapted by the authors. Following each extraction, FT-IR analyzes were performed so that the obtained extract could be identified by comparison with a turpentine oil control sample. After collecting the data, they were processed in order to choose the optimal extraction method. This paper will present different methods of production compared to the classical method involving steam distillation, thus the extraction will be achieved with organic solvents such as ethanol and petroleum ether.