Advances in studies on mechanism of agarwood formation in Aquilaria sinensis and its hypothesis of agarwood formation induced by defense response

Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-159

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Yang, Yun ^b,c   Wei, Jian He ^a   Meng, Hui ^b,c   Sui, Chun ^a   Chen, Huai Qiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Conservation and Development of Southern Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg; Fungus; Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum; Mechanism of agarwood formation

Indexed keywords

AGARWOOD; AQUILARIA SINENSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FUNGUS; REVIEW; THYMELAEACEAE; WOOD;

EID: 77950527827     PISSN: 02532670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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