Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna

Agarwood has been used for its fragrance and medicinal properties in Asian culture for centuries. In recent years, agarwood gains its popularity in the west due to its usage in perfume formulation. Unfortunately, the supply does not meet the augmentation market demand. This is mostly because of depl...

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Main Authors: Mohd Syafik, Mohamad Hamdan, Mohd Azrul Hisham, Ismail, Siti Hajar Noor, Shaarani, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
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author Mohd Syafik, Mohamad Hamdan
Mohd Azrul Hisham, Ismail
Siti Hajar Noor, Shaarani
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
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Mohd Azrul Hisham, Ismail
Siti Hajar Noor, Shaarani
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
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description Agarwood has been used for its fragrance and medicinal properties in Asian culture for centuries. In recent years, agarwood gains its popularity in the west due to its usage in perfume formulation. Unfortunately, the supply does not meet the augmentation market demand. This is mostly because of depleting nature agarwood reservoir and lack of induction technique that can produce agarwood consistently in the plantation. In this study, we look into a case where artificial inducing technique successfully produced high quality agarwood. To assure its quality, agarwood chip was analysed by Gas Chromatography for its chemical profiles. Discovered compounds were identified as sesquiterpene group which also had been characterized as major agarwood compound listed on previous studies. Few compounds that are detected such as δ-cadinene (0.20%), jinkoh-eremol (22.09%), epi-α-cadinol (4.74%), agarospirol (3.75%) and others. Soil condition that contributes into this agarwood formation; soil analysis on physical properties, chemical properties and nutrients content of the soil have been analyzed. Based on the findings, soil condition is an important factor to successfully induced high quality agarwood.
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spelling UMPir310542021-04-02T07:22:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31054/ Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna Mohd Syafik, Mohamad Hamdan Mohd Azrul Hisham, Ismail Siti Hajar Noor, Shaarani Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin Q Science (General) Agarwood has been used for its fragrance and medicinal properties in Asian culture for centuries. In recent years, agarwood gains its popularity in the west due to its usage in perfume formulation. Unfortunately, the supply does not meet the augmentation market demand. This is mostly because of depleting nature agarwood reservoir and lack of induction technique that can produce agarwood consistently in the plantation. In this study, we look into a case where artificial inducing technique successfully produced high quality agarwood. To assure its quality, agarwood chip was analysed by Gas Chromatography for its chemical profiles. Discovered compounds were identified as sesquiterpene group which also had been characterized as major agarwood compound listed on previous studies. Few compounds that are detected such as δ-cadinene (0.20%), jinkoh-eremol (22.09%), epi-α-cadinol (4.74%), agarospirol (3.75%) and others. Soil condition that contributes into this agarwood formation; soil analysis on physical properties, chemical properties and nutrients content of the soil have been analyzed. Based on the findings, soil condition is an important factor to successfully induced high quality agarwood. Trans Tech Publications 2021 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Syafik, Mohamad Hamdan and Mohd Azrul Hisham, Ismail and Siti Hajar Noor, Shaarani and Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin (2021) Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna. Materials Science Forum, 1025. pp. 110-115. ISSN 0255-5476. (Published)
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Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna
title Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna
title_full Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna
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title_short Study on Soil Properties Towards Formation of High-Quality Agarwood Resin in Aquilaria Crassna
title_sort study on soil properties towards formation of high quality agarwood resin in aquilaria crassna
topic Q Science (General)
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