Datasets of essential oils from naturally formed and synthetically induced Aquilaria malaccensis agarwoods.

ABSTRACT: Agarwood is the highly valuable fragrant resin of the wounded Aquilaria spp. trees widely used in fragrances, medicines and incenses. Among the Aquilaria spp., A. malaccensis is the primary producer and is mainly found in Indonesia and Malaysia. In normal condition, agarwood is naturally formed in Aquilaria trees as a defense mechanism upon physical damage or microbial infection on the trees, which is a slow process that occurs over several years. The high demand in agarwood has spurred the development of various artificial inoculation methods where agarwood formation is synthetically induced in a shorter period of time. However, the synthetic induction method produces agarwood with aromas different from the naturally formed agarwood. To understand the changes i

SUBMITTER: Abdul Kadir FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093814 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature