Whole-tree agarwood-inducing technique: An efficient novel technique for producing high-quality agarwood in cultivated Aquilaria sinensis trees

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3086-3106

  Liu, Yangyang ^a   Chen, Huaiqiong ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a,b   Wei, Jianhe ^a,b   Meng, Hui ^a   Chen, Weiping ^a   Feng, Jindong ^a   Gan, Bingchun ^a   Chen, Xuyu ^a   Gao, Zhihui ^b   Huang, Junqin ^b   Chen, Bo ^a   Chen, Hongjiang ^a  

^a Hainan Branch   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Agarwood; Alternative method; Aquilaria sinensis; Cultivation; Fragrance; Whole tree agarwood inducing technique (Agar Wit)

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYMELAEACEAE; WOOD;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESINS, PLANT; THYMELAEACEAE; WOOD;

EID: 84875580747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18033086     Document Type: Article

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