L'orpine lio
is an oil obtained from the steam distillation of stumps, needles, twigs and pine cones from many varieties of pine species. Since 1995, synthetic pine oil is the derivative of turpentine alone. Synthetic pine oils accounted for 90% of 2000 sales.
It is used as a cleaning product, and as a lubricant in small and expensive clockwork instruments. It can also be used variably as a disinfectant, disinfectant, insecticide and massage oil. It is also used as an effective herbicide where its action is to modify the waxy cuticle of plants, resulting in drying. As a perfuming of solvents for paints, glues and additives.
Pine oil is distinguished from other pine products, such as turpentine, (the low-boiling fraction from the distillation of pine sap) and rosin (the tar that remains after distillation)
Chemically, pine oil consists mainly of α-terpineol and other cyclic terpene alcohols. It may also contain terpene hydrocarbons, ethers and esters. The exact composition depends on various factors, such as the variety of pine from which it is produced and the parts of the tree used. The quality is expressed in title of total Terpineols. In our case 60 or 85