Composition of turpentine from Pinus edulis wood oleoresin

Monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoid hydrocarbons of Pinus edulis wood oleoresin were analyzed by chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. Monoterpenoid hydrocarbons (20·3%) were composed mainly of α-pinene, with camphene, β-pinene, 3-carene, sabinene, myrcene, limonene, β-phellandrene, trans-ocimene and terpinolene in secondary to trace amounts. Oxygenated terpenoids (0.28%) contained bornyl acetate and verbenone as major constituents, and linalool, camphor, terpinene-4-ol, citronellyl acetate, borneol, neral, α-terpineol, citronellol, nerol, and geraniol in smaller amounts. Oleoresin contained 1·1% of acetogenins, composed mainly of ethyl caprylate. Sesquiterpenoid hydrocarbons were high (5·7%) in oleoresin) and were composed of germacrene D as a major constituent (36·6%), of γ-amorphene, α-copaene, and longifolene as secondary constituents (5–20%), and β-farnesene, α- and γ-murolenes, β₁-, γ-, δ-, and ε-cadinenes, α-amorphene, δ-guaiene, sibirene, α-cubebene, β-copaene, β-ylangene, sativene, cyclosativene, β-bourbonene, α- and γ-humulenes, caryophyllene, α-longipinene and longicyclene in smaller amounts. Composition of P. edulis and of P. monophylla turpentines was found to be similar, with percentage of ethyl caprylate being the best distinguishing criterion.