Affiliation:
1. Universiti Teknologi MARA
Abstract
One of the most precious plants on earth is genus Aquilaria which able to produce agarwood . Under this genus, there are more 15 species around the world where the population is dense in Asia region. Four main Aquilariaspp will be discussed; (1) AquilariaSinensis, (2) AquilariaMalaccensis, (3) AquilariaCrassna and (4) AquilariaSubintegra which currently being researched for health applications. The review helped researcher to have the brief ideas on the pharmacological effects of agarwood.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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