Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree
Agarwood, popularly known as oudh or gaharu, is a fragrant resinous wood of high commercial value, traded worldwide and primarily used for its distinctive fragrance in incense, perfumes, and medicine. This fragrant wood is created when Aquilaria trees are wounded and infected by fungi, producing res...
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| description | Agarwood, popularly known as oudh or gaharu, is a fragrant resinous wood of high commercial value, traded worldwide and primarily used for its distinctive fragrance in incense, perfumes, and medicine. This fragrant wood is created when Aquilaria trees are wounded and infected by fungi, producing resin as a defense mechanism. The depletion of natural agarwood caused by overharvesting amidst increasing demand has caused this fragrant defensive resin of endangered <i>Aquilaria</i> to become a rare and valuable commodity. Given that instances of natural infection are quite low, artificial induction, including biological inoculation, is being conducted to induce agarwood formation. A long-term investigation could unravel insights contributing toward <i>Aquilaria</i> being sustainably cultivated. This review will look at the different methods of induction, including physical, chemical, and biological, and compare the production, yield, and quality of such treatments with naturally formed agarwood. Pharmaceutical properties and medicinal benefits of fragrance-associated compounds such as chromones and terpenoids are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76df7ace3adf4a7ebfebbfec66dcb7942023-11-23T14:27:55ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492022-05-012711338610.3390/molecules27113386Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded TreePooja Shivanand0Nurul Fadhila Arbie1Sarayu Krishnamoorthy2Norhayati Ahmad3Environmental and Life Sciences Program, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiEnvironmental and Life Sciences Program, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Environmental Water Resources Engineering Division, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, IndiaEnvironmental and Life Sciences Program, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, BruneiAgarwood, popularly known as oudh or gaharu, is a fragrant resinous wood of high commercial value, traded worldwide and primarily used for its distinctive fragrance in incense, perfumes, and medicine. This fragrant wood is created when Aquilaria trees are wounded and infected by fungi, producing resin as a defense mechanism. The depletion of natural agarwood caused by overharvesting amidst increasing demand has caused this fragrant defensive resin of endangered <i>Aquilaria</i> to become a rare and valuable commodity. Given that instances of natural infection are quite low, artificial induction, including biological inoculation, is being conducted to induce agarwood formation. A long-term investigation could unravel insights contributing toward <i>Aquilaria</i> being sustainably cultivated. This review will look at the different methods of induction, including physical, chemical, and biological, and compare the production, yield, and quality of such treatments with naturally formed agarwood. Pharmaceutical properties and medicinal benefits of fragrance-associated compounds such as chromones and terpenoids are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/11/3386agarwood<i>Aquilaria</i>artificial inductionbioactive compoundschromonesterpenoids |
| spellingShingle | Pooja Shivanand Nurul Fadhila Arbie Sarayu Krishnamoorthy Norhayati Ahmad Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree Molecules agarwood <i>Aquilaria</i> artificial induction bioactive compounds chromones terpenoids |
| title | Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree |
| title_full | Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree |
| title_fullStr | Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree |
| title_short | Agarwood—The Fragrant Molecules of a Wounded Tree |
| title_sort | agarwood the fragrant molecules of a wounded tree |
| topic | agarwood <i>Aquilaria</i> artificial induction bioactive compounds chromones terpenoids |
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