Case study

From gene to resin

Objective:

The objective of the project is to provide preliminary information, both bibliographic and ethnological, chemical, genomic, biochemical, technical and economic, in order to assess the relevance of restarting the resin extraction of forest species other than maritime pine to supply the growing societal demand for terpene biomolecules.  

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Context:

Firstly, there is a lack of innovations to make the best use of forest resources and a need to imagine an added value to revitalise the forest-wood sector. Secondly, the practice of resin extraction has been abandoned in eastern France. Finally, societal demand for biomolecules, particularly terpene molecules, is growing.  It is in this context that this project started in October 2019. The end is scheduled for the end of September 2021.

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Further information:

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  • Liu, Q., Zhou, Z., Wei, Y., Shen, D., Feng, Z., Hong, S., 2015. Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis. PLoS One 10.
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  • Harman-Ware, A.E., Sykes, R., Peter, G.F., Davis, M., 2016. Determination of Terpenoid Content in Pine by Organic Solvent Extraction and Fast-GC Analysis. Front. Energy Res. 4.
  • da Silva Rodrigues-Corrêa, K.C., de Lima, J.C., Fett-Neto, A., 2013. Oleoresins from pine: production and industrial uses, in: Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 4037–4060.