Resinous included phloem as a key indicator of authentic or fake agarwood.

ABSTRACT: Agarwood, the resinous wood of the genus Aquilaria Lam. and Gyrinops Gaertn. of the family Thymelaeaceae, is a very valuable traditional medicinal material and spice. Due to the high economic value of agarwood, unscrupulous merchants have led to the prevalence of fake agarwood in the trade market in pursuit of high profits. Therefore, it is crucial to explore the characteristics of agarwood and establish a simple and rapid method to identify authenticity. This study compared the authenticity of the microstructure of agarwood from different producing areas with that of artificially simulated fake agarwood. The included phloem of authentic agarwood contains brown to brownish resin. And these resins were naturally and stably distributed. The fake agarwood is divided into two categories: one i

SUBMITTER: Feng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611195 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature