Boxplot analysis of 4 grade agarwood essential oil for various grades

Anis Hazirah 'Izzati Hasnu Al-Hadi (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Aqib Fawwaz Mohd Amidon (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Siti Mariatul Hazwa Mohd Huzir (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Nurlaila Ismail (Universiti Teknologi MARA)
Zakiah Mohd Yusoff (School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, 81750 Masai, Johor, Malaysia)
Saiful Nizam Tajuddin (Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP))
Mohd Nasir Taib (Universiti Teknologi MARA)

Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 29, No 1: January 2023

Agarwood essential oil is used in most perfumery ingredients, as an incense and in traditional medical preparations. Agarwood essential oil, called "Black Gold," is extremely valued to the global community due to its numerous benefits. As of now, there is still no standard technique of grading different grades of agarwood essential oil. The current grading technique is inefficient since the agarwood essential oil is graded by using human sensory panel. Different people might have different perspective on grading the agarwood essential oil hence, the technique is not practical to adapt it globally. Due to the current technology, numerous intelligent techniques for verifying the grades of agarwood essential oil have been proposed and implemented. The study has conducted a statistical analysis on 4 grade agarwood essential oil using boxplot. Boxplot analysis summarizes the abundances for each chemical compounds from four different grades of agarwood essential oil with a high grade as a reference. This study shows the analysis of boxplot investigated 10-epi-δ-eudesmol, α-agarofuran, β-agarofuran, δ-eudesmol and dihydrocollumellarin as most important chemical compounds in high grade of agarwood essential oil. The chemical compounds that have been identified in high grade of agarwood essential oil can be a reference for future research studies.