Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. |
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Botanical Name |
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Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. |
English
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Agar wood, Eagle Wood |
Synonym(s) |
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Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. |
Family |
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Thymelaeaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A large evergreen tree, 18-21 m, sometimes up to 40 m in height, 1.5-2.5 m in girth, with a moderately straight and often fluted stem. Leaves 5-9 cm long, thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate; flowers white or green or dirty yellow in terminal, sessile or shortly peduncled, unbellate cymes. |
| Herb Effects |
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Cardiotonic (wood alcohol extract); stimulant, antiasthmatic, carminative, tonic, aphorodisiac and astringent |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Agarol, gmelofuran and aquillochin (stem wood); alpha and beta-agarofuran, dihydro-beta-agarofuran, selinene and iso-dihydro-alpha-agarofuran (essential oil). |
| Chemistry
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IUPAC Name |
Formula |
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| alpha-Agarofuran |
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C15H24O |
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| beta-Agarofuran |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C14H22O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In rheumatism, gout, diarrhea and ending vomiting (bark); in diarrhoea, dysentery, gout, rheumatism, asthma and paralysis. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
Kim YC. Lee EH. Lee YM. Kim HK. Song BK. Lee EJ. Kim HM. Effect of the aqueous extract of Aquilaria agallocha stems. |
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