Review: Secondary Metabolites of Aquilaria, a Thymelaeaceae Genus

BACKGROUND: Aquilaria, a genus belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, produces fragrant resinous agarwood, also known as eaglewood, which has been used as incense since old times. The intense fra-grance is the result of the presence of a wide variety of secondary metabolites. OBJECTIVE: This genus was repo...

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Autores principales: Kristanti, Alfinda Novi, Tanjung, Mulyadi, Aminah, Nanik Siti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503600
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570193X14666170721143041
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Aquilaria, a genus belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, produces fragrant resinous agarwood, also known as eaglewood, which has been used as incense since old times. The intense fra-grance is the result of the presence of a wide variety of secondary metabolites. OBJECTIVE: This genus was reported contained sesquiterpenes, chromones, flavonoids, benzophenones, diterpenoids, triterpenoids, and lignans. CONCLUSION: Here, we review the different secondary metabolites that have been identified in Aquilaria to show their diversity and to allow comparison with other Thymelaeaceae genera.

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