Fir contains various triterpene acids (TTA), which have antiviral, antioxidant and even antitumor effects. Irina Kurzina, head of the department of natural compounds, pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry at Tomsk State University, spoke about this in an interview with RT.
TSU scientists are studying the properties of such substances and looking for optimal ways to obtain them from wood, bark and plant shoots. It is important that the raw material in this case is wood production waste; there is no need to specifically cut down the forest.