Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshidashimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606‑8501, Japan.
J Nat Med. 2020 Jan;74(1):323-330. doi: 10.1007/s11418-019-01362-z. Epub 2019 Sep 25.
Agarwood is a type of resinous wood found in the trunks of Aquilaria and some other genera. It is widely used as an herbal medicine for sedation, detoxification, and treatment of stomachaches, as well as for incense sticks. However, the number of source plants is decreasing, and in 2005, they were added to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). To identify source species of agarwood, we previously developed a DNA-barcoding method using resin deposition sites. In this study, to identify additional agarwood source species, the barcoding method was applied to source plants and commercial agarwood samples collected from Sumbawa, Lombok, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan in Indonesia, a major agarwood-producing country. In addition, the method was also applied to incense stick samples labeled as agarwood. As a result, several samples were identified as Gyrinops, which is not currently listed as an agarwood source plant in the Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2018 (Non-JPS 2018). From the viewpoint of securing future resources, these findings suggest that Gyrinops species should, therefore, be added to the list of agarwood source species.
沉香木是一种在沉香属和其他一些属的树干中发现的树脂木材。它被广泛用作草药,具有镇静、解毒和治疗胃痛的功效,也用于制作香棒。然而,沉香木的源植物数量正在减少,2005 年,它们被列入《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》(CITES)附录二。为了鉴定沉香木的源植物种类,我们之前开发了一种使用树脂沉积部位的 DNA 条形码方法。在这项研究中,为了鉴定其他沉香木的源植物种类,我们将这种条形码方法应用于从印度尼西亚的桑布瓦、龙目岛、苏拉威西和加里曼丹收集的源植物和商业沉香木样本,这些地区是沉香木的主要生产国。此外,该方法还应用于标称为沉香木的香棒样本。结果,有几个样本被鉴定为戟科,戟科目前未被列入 2018 年日本非药典生药标准(非 JPS 2018)的沉香木源植物名单中。从确保未来资源的角度来看,这些发现表明戟科植物应被列入沉香木源植物名单。