Damar (English: Dammar gum) is a secretion (sap or gum)
from trees Shorea sp., Vatica sp., Dryobalanops sp., and others from
the meranti-merantian tribe or Dipterocarpaceae. It includes cat's
eye amber and dark amber. Resin is used in making matches (to
prevent fire from burning wood too quickly), plastic, plaster, varnish,
and shellac. Damar gum is a triterpenoid resin, containing
many triterpenes and their oxidation products. Many of them
are low molecular weight compounds (dammarane, damarenolic
acid, oleanane, oleanonic acid, etc.), but resin also contains a
polymeric fraction, which is composed of polycadinene.[1]
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