The chemical composition of Pinus oocarpa wood cultivated in the Brazilian cerrado was established. The obtained results were: a-cellulose (59.05%), hemicelluloses A and B (21.22%), lignin (25.18%), dichloromethane extractives (2.78%), ethanol:toluene extractives (4.38%), hot water extractives (4.31%) and ash (1.26%). The cellulose content was high. This result opens perspectives for using Pinus oocarpa wood in pulp and paper industries. Most of the dichloromethane extractives were diterpenic, palmitic and oleic acids. The volatile composition, obtained by means of the Clevenger method followed by GC-MS analysis was constituted mainly by aromadendrene, ledane, hexadecanal and oleic acid.
Pinus oocarpa; macromolecular components and extractives
