Phytochemical Analysis Of Picea Abies Bark Obtained By Accelerated Solventextraction

Extractive substances from spruce bark (Picea abies) were studied after accelerated solvent extraction (ASE). ASE was carried out by using ethanol and the temperatures were 100, 130, 150 and 180°C. The composition of the bark extractives were analysed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS). The extractives consisted mainly of fatty acid and monoterpene fractions, especially methyl oleate; methyl isopimarate; 7-oxodehydroabietic acid, methyl ester; methyl lignocerateand methyl behenate and methyl dehydroabietate.