Handbook on Oleoresin and Pine Chemicals: Rosin, Terpene Derivatives, Tall Oil, Resin & Dimer Acids

Pines are known to mankind from the time immemorial. It offers both direct uses, as well as indirect uses specially soil conservation. Initially it was used mainly for fuel; their branches were used for festivals etc. However, now pine trees are used as a source of resin which on distillation yields gum rosin and turpentine oil. The genius pine species tapped for their oleoresin in different countries. The present book has been published having in views the important uses of pines. The book contains manufacturing process of different products extracted from pines like oleoresin, rosin, turpentine derivatives, tall oil, resins and dimmer acids etc. This is the first book of its kind which is very useful for all from researchers to professionals.