Open AccessChemical Components of Agarwood (Aquilaria crassna) Essential Oils Grown in Various Regions of Asia
Author(s) -
Trần Thị Ngân,
Dinh Thi Thu Thuy,
Trần Thị Tuyến,
Cầm Thị Ính,
Hoang Thi Bich,
Phạm Quốc Long,
Nguyen Quyet Chien,
Huynh Thi Kieu Linh,
Le Nguyen Yen Trung,
Nguyễn Quang Tùng,
Duy Chinh Nguyen,
Long Giang Bạch,
Trần Quốc Toàn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2020.22177
Subject(s) - agarwood , essential oil , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , botany , horticulture , mass spectrometry , food science , chromatography , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
This study presents a chemometric study on agarwood (Aquilaria crassna) essential oils extracted from selected agarwood samples grown in various regions of Asia. Adopting gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, it was revealed that essential oils, produced by hydrodistillation,constitutes mainly volatile aromatic compounds. Several major components are shared in all samples including dihydro-agarofuran-15-al, jinkoeremol, 10-epi-γ-eudesmol, agarospirol, valerianol, n-hexadecanoic acid, neopetasane and dihydrokaranone. Despite differences in composition, extraction yield and detected constituents found in analyzed samples, characteristic aromatic compounds were abundantly found in the Agarwood essential oil. These discrepancies could be due to cultivation season, climatic conditions and extraction methods. Unambiguous identification of components in agarwood essential oils thereby opens new potential in the application of high-value aromatic compounds in agarwood essential oil in cosmetic products, perfumes, and pharmaceuticals.