Douglas-fir bark was extracted with n-hexane yielding a light colored, "wax-like" solid as the n-hexane soluble fraction. The chemical constituents of this n-hexane soluble fraction were partially resolved by column chromatography using Silica Gel G as stationary phase and chloroform-n-hexane (3:1 v/v) as developing solvent. Several bands were observed under...
Douglas-fir bark was extracted with n-hexane. A light-colored
"wax-like" solid was recovered from the extract by evaporation of
the solvent. Chemically intact sterol esters and ferulic acid esters
were isolated from the "wax" without saponification or degradation
as had been necessary in former investigations. The characterization
of the intact esters...