Pistacia

METHYLEUGENOL Up to 60% in various parts of the basil plant. Around 45% in snakeroot oil. In decent amounts in calamus, cas-sie, myrtle, pimento, pistacia, pteronia and some forms of tarragon. 

Boelens, M. H. and Jimenez, R. 1991. Chemical composition of the essential oil from the gum and various parts of Pistacia lentiscus. L. (Mastic Gum Tree). Elavour Fragrance J. 6 271-275. 

Castola, V., A. Bighelli and Casanova, J. 2000. Intraspecific chemical variability of the essential oil of Pistacia lentiscus L. from Corsica. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 28 79-88. 

Pied, V, Scotti, A., Mariani, M. and Colombo, E. 1987. Composition of the volatile oil of Pistacia lentiscus L. of Sardinian origin. Pages 107-110 in M. Martens, A. Dalen and M. Russwurm (eds.), Flavour Science and Technology, Wiley, New York. [Cited by Castola et al., 2000.]... 

Mastic. Mastic is the resin obtained from the small mastic tree Pistacia lentis-cus, of the sumac family, found chiefly in Mediterranean countries. When the bark of the tree is injured, the resin exudes as drops. Mastic is transparent and pale yellow to green in color. The main ancient uses of mastic were as an adhesive, for making varnish, as a medicine, and for flavoring. 

Terebinthales Anacardiaceae Pistacia (mastic) Euphanes (masticadienonic acid, isomasticadienonic acid), oleanananes (oleanonic acid, moronic acid), dammaranes... 

In archaeological findings the occurrence of a high abundance of 28-norolean-17-en-3-one has been correlated to smouldering or burning processes undergone by Pistacia resins [94,123,124]. Mastic also contains a polymeric fraction (15 20%) identified as cw-1,4-poly-p-myrcene [128]. 

R. Caputo, L. Mangoni, P. Monaco, G. Palumbo, Triterpenes of galls of Pistacia terebinthus galls produced by Pemphigus utricularius, Phytochemistry, 14, 809 811 (1975). 

P. Monaco, R. Caputo, G. Palumbo, L. Mangoni, Triterpenes from the galls of Pistacia lentiscus, Phytochemistry, 12, 1534 1537 (1973). 

K.J. van der Berg, J. ven der Horst, J.J. Boon, 0.0. Sudmeijer, Cis 1,4 poly P myrcene the structure of the polymeric fraction of mastic resin (Pistacia lentiscus) elucidated, Tetrahedron... 

B. Stem, C. Heron, L. Corr, M. Serpico and J. Bourriau, Compositional variations in aged and heated pistacia resin found in late Bronze Age Canaanite amphorae and howls from Amama, Egypt, Archaeometry, 45, 457 469 (2003). 

A number of important resins are composed of triterpenoids, including the dammar resins which derive from a sub-family of the family Dipterocarpaceae. Dammar resins are fluid, balsamic oleoresins highly suited for caulking and waterproofing. Frankincense (olibanum) is known as a gum-resin collected from various Boswellia spp. and contains amyrin epimers and triterpenoid acids. The gum component is polysaccharide in origin and is water soluble. The Anacardiaceae family contains the genus Pistacia (Mills and White, 1977 21 Mills and White, 1989). 

Stern, B., Heron, C., Corr, L., Serpico, M. and Bourriau, J. (2003). Compositional variation in aged and heated pistacia resin found in Late Bronze Age Canaanite amphorae and bowls from Amarna, Egypt. Archaeometry 45 457 169. 

Figure 7.10 Some triterpenoid compounds found in mastic (Pistacia resin) (a) moronic acid, (b) oleanonic acid, (c) zsomasticadienonic acid, (d) masticadienonic acid.

Some triterpenoid compounds found in mastic (Pistacia resin) 156... 

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