Fungi mediated agarwood (A. malaccensis) production and their pharmaceutical applications: A systematic review

Aquilaria malaccensis is a tropical tree that produces expensive resinous heartwood agarwood through the natural process induced by or artificial injury microbial infection. Fungi are commonly noticed as main component responsible for formation. The current review investigated quality and fungi diversity in from A. malecensis trees rainforest various pharmaceutical applications. Apart being an aromatherapy material, medicinal prospect, can be used carminative, stimulant heart palpitation, tonic during pregnancy, remedy post-natal recovery period, cure disease of female genital part. whitebark believed to heal jaundice body pain. Moreover, helps relieve pain, warm abdomen, asthma, treat coughs, acroparalysis acts antihistamine, analgesic anti-inflammatory. In Chinese traditional medicine, it helpful sedative gastric problems, rheumatism high fever. Agarwood properties were able fight cancer cells but very little known about this process. present also illustrated variety kinds applications treatment diseases. Current findings proved may produce equal not affected interacting with tree, which superior application.