Most infection comes directly from the soil or from plants, but cats can also be infected (when the fungus gets into fight wounds or fresh flea bites) and can shed the fungus from weeping skin wounds. Humans with skin wounds can be infected by contact with the cat's weeping sores. It can be treated.
Application. Î±-Pinene was used as standard in headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatographic analysis of volatile compounds in virgin olive oils 1. It was used in the synthesis of cesium-doped heteropolyacid having potential application in biodiesel synthesis 2.
In addition to being used as a wood preservative, pine tar has traditionally been used as an ointment and a cleanser. When pine bark, needles and cones are carbonized in a cauldron or open flame, the natural pine oil is preserved and easily mixed with a base, such as beeswax or lye.