1. Toxicity potential in the extraneous compounds of white mulberry wood (Morus alba)
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Aida Se Golpayegani, Eric Masson, Joseph Gril, Kambiz Pourtahmasi, Marie-France Thévenon, Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bois (BOIS), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), BioWooEB (UPR BioWooEB), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Centre Régional d'Innovation et de Transferts Technologiques des industries du bois (CRITT Bois), CRITT Bois, Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, and University of Tehran
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0106 biological sciences ,K50 - Technologie des produits forestiers ,Manufactures ,Musical instrument ,Resorcinol ,gc-mass ,01 natural sciences ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Health problems ,Reticulitermes ,extractives ,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Organic chemistry ,decay resistance ,biology ,Forestry ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Morus alba ,Solvent ,Toxicity ,Extraction par solvant ,White mulberry ,P02 - Pollution ,resorcinols [EN] ,food.ingredient ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,TS1-2301 ,white mulberry ,Reticulitermes flavipes ,food ,Toxicité ,Phenols ,040101 forestry ,Chromatographie en phase gazeuse ,toxicity ,SD1-669.5 ,biology.organism_classification ,010602 entomology ,White Mulberry ,GC-mass ,chemistry ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries - Abstract
International audience; The health problems amongst musical instrument makers working on the White mulberry (Morus alba), lead to investigate the toxicity potential of wood extractives. Five solvents of different polarity and two methods of extractions were used to ensure a thorough, clear and classified compound removal. The compounds were identified using qualitative GC-mass and the toxicity were determined by studying their effect on termite survival (Reticulitermes flavipes). The results indicated the presence of different compound categories like phenols, higher hydrocarbons, fatty acids, sterols and aromatic components in the extractives. These compounds were not removable by just one solvent and the order of removal was polarity related. The extractives were found toxic towards termites. Resorcinol, which corresponded to the highest proportion of peaks in the GC-mass spectra, has been assigned as the possible compound responsible for the allergic reactions by the artisans.
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- 2014