Characterization of lipophilic extractives in the wood of anthocephalus cadamba and anthocepalus macrophyllus from progeny trial

This study aims to determine the lipophilic component that affects the quality of pulp andpaper products in wood of 10-year-old Anthocephalus cadamba (families 23, 11 and 6) and5-year-old Anthocepalus macrophyllus (families 75, 85 and 2). The results showed that themain group of compounds that appeared frequently and were identified in the lipophilicfraction were fatty acids (palmitic, oleic, linoleic and stearic acids), fatty alcohols (eicosanol,heneicosanol and tetracosanol), sterols (β-sitosterol and campasterol), hydrocarbons(hexadecane, tricosene and cyclotetracosane), aldehydes, alongside minor amounts oftriterpenoid. F11 and F2 can be promoted as raw materials for pulp and paper, while F6 andF75 are not recommended because of the high levels of lipids such as sterols, triterpenoids,hydrocarbons, fatty acids, and fatty alcohols.