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The composition of volatiles from tatami mats containing hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) wood-wool and its decline over the long term

Journal of Wood Science volume 53, pages 529–532 (2007)Cite this article

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Volatiles inside tatami mats containing hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) wood-wool as padding were analyzed. Volatiles were collected with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers in a small chamber prepared in tatami mats and assayed by gas chromatography. Most of the detected compounds are typically found in hinoki extractives. Monoterpenes rapidly decreased at the beginning of the experiment, while the dispersion of sesquiterpenes that contain hydroxyl groups was observed to last more than 1 year. These sesquiterpenes, T-cadinols, and α-cadinols may play a role in the suppression of house dust mites.

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  1. Yoshifumi Miyazaki

    Present address: Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University, Kashiwa, 277-0882, Japan

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  1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan

    Naoyuki Matsui, Tatsuro Ohira, Yasushi Hiramatsu & Yoshifumi Miyazaki

  2. Hida Forest K. K., Gero, 509-2505, Japan

    Yasunori Imai

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Part of this report was presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Kyoto, March 2005

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Matsui, N., Ohira, T., Hiramatsu, Y. et al. The composition of volatiles from tatami mats containing hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) wood-wool and its decline over the long term. J Wood Sci 53, 529–532 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-007-0900-1

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