Unraveling the science of “sinking and dark-colored” superior agarwood through density, color, and metabolomics

Yanan Yuan; Mengyuan Yang; Yujiao Zhao; Zhidong Qiu

doi:10.1039/d5ra08081a

January 1, 2026RSC AdvancesOpen Access

Unraveling the science of “sinking and dark-colored” superior agarwood through density, color, and metabolomics

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Key Points

This research aims to examine the relationship between agarwood density, color, and its chemical composition to establish quality markers.
Measured density and color of agarwood samples.
Used UPLC-MS to analyze chemical composition.
Compared levels of chromone dimers and monomers in agarwood samples.
Sinking agarwood shows a density greater than 0.7.
Darker agarwood is found to have higher levels of chromone dimers.
Lower-density wood contains more monomers, indicating lower quality.

Implication

Study validates traditional wisdom that darker agarwood indicates higher quality due to specific chemical markers.

Abstract

Using density, color, and UPLC-MS, this study validates the traditional wisdom that sinking, darker agarwood (density > 0.7) is enriched in chromone dimers, while lower-density wood has more monomers, providing chemical markers for quality assessment.

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Yuan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69be356f6e48c4981c673a5b https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ra08081a

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Unraveling the science of “sinking and dark-colored” superior agarwood through density, color, and metabolomics

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Unraveling the science of “sinking and dark-colored” superior agarwood through density, color, and metabolomics

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