shivaji,
The best part of this research, for me, was learning that there are
plenty of NTFPs (Non-tree forest products) derived from trees without
killing the tree!
Latex – One of the largest uses of tree sap is for the manufacture of
latex.
“The latex is removed from the sap, and many chemicals, used as
preservatives, or physical property enhancers, are added. The latex is
then made into the final product, through polymerization.
Latex sap comes from the tree Hevea brasiliensis. The natural latex
sap is a white liquid, which is extracted from the tree sap. Roughly
thirty to forty percent of the sap is actually latex; the rest is
proteins, sugars, and water. Latex by itself is a clear liquid, but it
is easily colored. Most colored latex remains translucent, however
latex colored either black or white becomes opaque. Latex is a very
desirable product due to this property, as well as its other physical
characteristics. “
There are two very strange uses for latex that deserve mentioning
here. The first is that it can be used as a fumigant for grains, to
kill maggots and insects living within the storage area. The other use
is to combine it with acrylonitrile which polymerizes in wood pulp to
create a synthetic soil compound. Both of these uses are relatively
minimal, and are both disappearing, as better compounds are developed
that perform the same tasks. “
http://www.mbhs.edu/classes/magnet/coursesandlife/RandE/matsci/2000-pd2/murp.html
http://www.ecimedical.com/allergy.html
Astringents, antiseptics, and medicines and the following list, taken
from the Oller website
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
ACETIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
ALPHA-AMYRONE Resin Exudate Sap
ALPHA-BISABOLENE Resin Exudate Sap
ALPHA-COMMIPHORIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
ALPHA-HEERABOMYRRHOL Resin Exudate Sap
ARABINOSE Resin Exudate Sap
BETA-COMMIPHORIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
BETA-HEERABOMYRRHOL Resin Exudate Sap
BETA-SITOSTEROL Resin Exudate Sap
CADINENE Resin Exudate Sap
CAMPESTEROL Resin Exudate Sap
CHOLESTEROL Resin Exudate Sap
CINNAMALDEHYDE Resin Exudate Sap
COMMIFERIN Resin Exudate Sap
COMMIPHORINIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
CUMIC-ALCOHOL Resin Exudate Sap
CUMINALDEHYDE Resin Exudate Sap
CURZERENONE Essential Oil
DIPENTENE Resin Exudate Sap
ELEMOL Essential Oil
EO Resin Exudate Sap -- 15,000 -- 170,000
EUGENOL Resin Exudate Sap
FURANODIENE Essential Oil
FURANODIENONE Essential Oil
GALACTOSE Resin Exudate Sap
GAMA-COMMIPHORIC-ACID Resin Exudate Sap
GAMMA-BISABOLENE Resin Exudate Sap
GUM Resin Exudate Sap -- 600,000
HEERABOLENE Resin Exudate Sap
HEERABORESENE Resin Exudate Sap
LIMONENE Resin Exudate Sap
LINDESTRENE Essential Oil
M-CRESOL Resin Exudate Sap
N-NONACOSANE Resin Exudate Sap
RESIN Resin Exudate Sap 200,000 - 400,000
XYLOSE Resin Exudate Sap
http://www.oller.net/myrrh.htm
Lotions (And the Vitamins A and E that are in many lotions)Dishwashing
detergent, and the lemon scent in many detergents comes from
turpentine processing.
http://www.ncforestry.org/docs/Resource%20Materials/flash_cards.htm
These products are made of gums, which are derived from tree sap:
adhesives, paints,medicines, glue,hair spray, and act as drying agents
in paint and printing ink.
Other gums have antiseptic properties and are used in making soaps and
cough syrups. Other products made from gums: cough drops, shampoo,
dish washing liquid, adhesive bandages.
http://www.aboutsfi.org/facts_trees.asp
Varnishes, printing inks, plastics, and sizes and in
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Lignin sulfonates-used in place of molasses as a binder in animal
feed.
http://www.co.boulder.co.us/transportation/maintenance/dust.htm
http://www.lignin.info/animal.htm
Paint thinner
http://www.minntrees.org/pdf/act1.pdf
Turpentine, benzoin (In plastics, laquers, explosives,insect
repellants, and disinfectants), rubber, gutta-percha (Used in
insulators, cable coatings, golf balls, adhesives)
http://turva.me.tut.fi/iloagri/kuvat/at_11.htm
Perhaps not an industrial chemical, but an industrial product…
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/02/health/main507855.shtml
Baloons and turpentine
http://www.frostvalley.org/programs/environ_ed/planning/pretrip/preforesteco2.htm
Balms and medicines
http://naturalscience.com/ns/news/news27.html
Resin/Sap
http://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/uspc530/defs530.htm
http://www.hchsonline.org/places/turpentine.html
An alternative to tree latex is hervea latex, from a Mexican shrub
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph13.htm
If this question is not totally clear, please ask for an answer
clarification before rating.
Regards,
crabcakes |
