Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis

Chemical composition of crude extracts from infected woods of Aquilaria malaccensis were compared to that of healthy wood and commercial agarwood. Infected woods were collected six months after drilling of wild mature trees or after fungal inoculation into the stem of 4-year-old trees. Agarwood subs...

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Main Authors: Jong, Phai Lee, Tsan, Pascale, Mohamed, Rozi
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Published: Friends Science Publishers 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37736/
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Tsan, Pascale
Mohamed, Rozi
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description Chemical composition of crude extracts from infected woods of Aquilaria malaccensis were compared to that of healthy wood and commercial agarwood. Infected woods were collected six months after drilling of wild mature trees or after fungal inoculation into the stem of 4-year-old trees. Agarwood substances were extracted in methanol and were subjected to GC-MS analyses. The major compounds were chromone derivative, aromatic compounds, sesquiterpenes, monoterpenes, sterols and fatty acid methyl ester. Aromatic compounds constituted of aldehyde, phenol, ether and ketone groups. In the agarwood extract of the juvenile fungal-elicited tree but not in the healthy wood, some major compounds found were 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone derivative, 4-phenyl-2-butanone, (1S,4S,7R)-1,4-dimethyl-7-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroazulene [guaiene], 1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[h]azulen-4a-ol [palustrol], and 4-(4- methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one [anisylacetone]. These were also found from agarwood of different grades and agarwood collected from the wild mature tree, in addition to agarospirol, alloaromadendre oxide (2), α-elemol, γ-eudesmol, and guaiol. This work demonstrated that in young A. malaccensis trees, fungi may be associated to the formation of important agarwood compounds and can be detected as early as six months after inoculation.
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spelling upm-377362023-09-28T05:33:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37736/ Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis Jong, Phai Lee Tsan, Pascale Mohamed, Rozi Chemical composition of crude extracts from infected woods of Aquilaria malaccensis were compared to that of healthy wood and commercial agarwood. Infected woods were collected six months after drilling of wild mature trees or after fungal inoculation into the stem of 4-year-old trees. Agarwood substances were extracted in methanol and were subjected to GC-MS analyses. The major compounds were chromone derivative, aromatic compounds, sesquiterpenes, monoterpenes, sterols and fatty acid methyl ester. Aromatic compounds constituted of aldehyde, phenol, ether and ketone groups. In the agarwood extract of the juvenile fungal-elicited tree but not in the healthy wood, some major compounds found were 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone derivative, 4-phenyl-2-butanone, (1S,4S,7R)-1,4-dimethyl-7-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroazulene [guaiene], 1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[h]azulen-4a-ol [palustrol], and 4-(4- methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one [anisylacetone]. These were also found from agarwood of different grades and agarwood collected from the wild mature tree, in addition to agarospirol, alloaromadendre oxide (2), α-elemol, γ-eudesmol, and guaiol. This work demonstrated that in young A. malaccensis trees, fungi may be associated to the formation of important agarwood compounds and can be detected as early as six months after inoculation. Friends Science Publishers 2014 Article PeerReviewed Jong, Phai Lee and Tsan, Pascale and Mohamed, Rozi (2014) Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 16 (3). pp. 644-648. ISSN 1560-8530; ESSN: 1814-9596 https://www.fspublishers.org/Issue.php?y=2014&v_no=16&categoryID=124
spellingShingle Jong, Phai Lee
Tsan, Pascale
Mohamed, Rozi
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title_full Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title_fullStr Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title_full_unstemmed Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title_short Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile Aquilaria malaccensis
title_sort gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of agarwood extracts from mature and juvenile aquilaria malaccensis
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37736/
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