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. 2015 Oct 1;10(10):e0137083. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137083

Table 1. Main compounds and relative composition of stemwood and knotwood acetone extracts.

  Fatty Acids Gallic Acids Resin Acids Sugars Others Unidentifie Flavonoids Catechin Taxifolin Sakuranin Naringenin Dihydrochrysin Others Lignans Secoisolariciresinol Matairesinol Unidentified
Beech heartwood 6.3                           93.7
Beech sapwood 29.9       16.9                   53.2
Beech mixed knots b       73.4 0.7   2.0               23.9
Beech mixed knots b global a 11.2     63.3 5.2                   20.3
Cherry heartwood         4.9 18.8     24.3   29       23.0
Cherry heartwood global a     2.7 1.8 4.0 22.7 2.9   12.5 40.7         12.7
Cherry sapwood 5.7   8.5     12.1 51.8               21.9
Cherry mixed knots b       8.3   26.6 47.5               17.6
Cherry mixed knots b global a       6.6 0.2 30.7 33.6               28.9
Chestnut heartwood   60.5   24.7 6.4 1.6                 6.8
Chestnut sapwood 0.8     94.3 4.3                   0.6
Chestnut dead knots   20.8   79.2                      
Chestnut living knots   56.3   43.7                      
E.oak heartwood       83.9     13.2               2.9
E.oak sapwood       97.1     2.9                
E.oak dead knots 6.9 10.5   16.1 5.6   52               8.9
E.oak living knots       74.4     24.2               1.4
Larch heartwood         4.5 37.6                 57.9
Larch heartwood global a 1.3   15.5 5.3 1.2 60.9                 15.8
Larch sapwood 14.4   59.3   6.6                   19.7
Larch mixed knots b       4.0 1.2 4.2   45.3       14 22.5   8.8
Larch mixed knots b global a     7.7         38       5.4 30.3 11 7.6
Walnut heartwood   2.9   55.2 22.5   19.4                
Walnut sapwood       90.1 9.9                    
Walnut living knots       96.4 2.3                   1.3

a Global means.

b Mixed knots means that living and dead knots were mixed when ground and extracted