Research progress on chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Agarwood essential oil
The main context of this review of the essential oil of Agarwood is written up in aspects of the extraction methods,chemical constituents and pharmacological activity through summarizing the overall literature reports.The main ex-traction methods of Agarwood essential oil includes supercritical carbon dioxide extraction,subcritical fluid extraction,steam distillation,enzyme assisted extraction and so on.The essential oil of Agarwood is mainly composed of natural chemical com-ponents such as sesquiterpene,chromones,aromatics and fatty acids,which obtain pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.Most of related researches of the Agarwood essential oil mainly focused on discovering the ex-traction method and the chemical property.In the field of the the extraction method,chemical composition and pharmacologi-cal activity of the essential oil and the pharmacological activity require further explored.