Chemical constituants of agaru - Aquilaria agallocha

agaru:


Phytochemistry:

Major chemical constituents include:
  • Agarospirol, Aquillochin, 
  • Holocellulose, Lignan, Pentosans,
  • Essential ois viz. Agarol (a sesquiterpene alchol, the main odoriferous component )
  • Agarofurans; nor-keto-agarofurans,
  • Jinkohol, Jinkoheremol, 
  • Dihydrokaranone, Kusunol, agarotetrol etc.


PHARMACOLOGY:

Pharmacological activities and medicinal properties as a folk medicine to treat several disease like inflammation, arthritis, vomiting,cardiac disorders, cough,asthma,leprosy,anorexia,headache and gout.The plant has been reported to possess several pharmacological activities such as
antinociceptive, antimicrobial, laxative, anti-oxidant, sedative,antihyperglycaemic, thrombolytic, anti diabetic, ulcer protective, anti cancerous, antidiarrhoeal, hepatoprotective and CNS activities. Every portion of the plant has beneficial properties that can serve the mankind. The entire plant can be extensively studied for further future prospectives.


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  1. says:

    Agaru plant is a fragrant tree. Commonly known as Agarwood ,Aloeswood, Eaglewood. It is commonly used in treating diseases related to ear,nose,throat,and in condition like asthma,cough etc

  2. says:

    Names in different languages: English name: Agarwood ,Agilawood Hindi name :Agar Bengali. :Agaru Telugu. :Agaru Gujarati name:Agar Tamil name. Aggalichandanam,Agalichandanam Malayalam name: Agil. Classification based on color: Whitish( Shweta agaru) Blackish (Krishna agaru) it is superior

  3. post says:

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  4. Marsha says:

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