RAP Publication: 2001/21
Edited by
Masakazu Kashio
Dennis V. Johnson
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
2001
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K. Pinyopusarerk
M. Fischer
J.J.W. Coppen
P. Sroithongkham
M. Kashio
R. Costaz
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ISBN 974-7946-16-5
1.1 General background
1.2 FAO technical assistance through a project
1.3 Major activities and outputs
Chapter 2. Description of gum benzoin
2.1 Terminology
2.2 Appearance
2.3 Chemistry
2.4 Plant sources
Chapter 3. Traditional benzoin production within its village context
3.1 Benzoin production
3.2 Ban Kachet village
3.3 Ban Sang La Dtai village
3.4 Conclusions: the village context of benzoin production
Chapter 4. Improved silviculture of Styrax tonkinensis
4.1 Review of Styrax tonkinensis silviculture
4.2 Plantation silviculture in Viet Nam
4.3 Potential for genetic improvement
4.4 Provenance trials
4.5 Agroforestry trial
Chapter 5. Tapping methods and improvement
5.1 Tree size and benzoin production
5.2 Tapping methods
5.3 Tapping trials
Chapter 6. Markets and end-uses of benzoin: competition from other supplying countries
6.1 Pharmaceuticals
6.2 Fragrances
6.3 Flavours
6.4 Other uses
6.5 Competition from other supplying countries
Chapter 7. International trade
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Overview of international trade
7.3 Export data - Primary source countries
7.4 Import data - Secondary source countries
7.5 Export data - Secondary source countries
7.6 Import data - Other countries
8.1 Products
8.2 Channels of distribution
8.3 Prices
8.4 Promotion
9.1 Supply
9.2 Price and the collector
9.3 Quality aspects
9.4 Substitutes
9.5. Demand
9.6 Value-added processing
9.7 Institutional weaknesses in Lao PDR
Chapter 10. Strategies for benzoin development and recommendations
10.1 Workshop and recommendations
10.2 Silviculture and benzoin processing
10.3 Land use policy
10.4 Marketing system
10.5 Overall recommendations
Appendix 1: List of key organizations, traders, companies and experts on benzoin
Appendix 2. Results of TLC analysis of 15 samples of benzoin
Appendix 3: Pharmacopoeia monographs on benzoin
Appendix 4: Examples of traditional Thai/Chinese medicines containing benzoin
Appendix 5: Results of the follow-up studies in 1999 and 2000
Appendix 6: Bibliography
Appendix 7: Examples of products using Siam benzoin