DRAGONS BLOOD .1. CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ANCIENT RESIN USING FOURIER-TRANSFORM RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
EDWARDS HGM FARWELL DW QUYE A
Citation
Hgm. Edwards et al., DRAGONS BLOOD .1. CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ANCIENT RESIN USING FOURIER-TRANSFORM RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY, Journal of Raman spectroscopy, 28(4), 1997, pp. 243-249
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy
Journal title
Journal of Raman spectroscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03770486
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
243 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-0486(1997)28:4<243:DB.COA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Several resins generically known as 'dragon's blood' from different bo tanical and geographical sources were characterised non-destructively using Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy. Genuine 'dragon's blood' r esin (Dracaena spp.) as found on Socotra Island was the probable sourc e in antiquity. The spectra of recently collected Socotran resins from different sites were compared with fresh 'dragon's blood' resins from Aden and Australia and a commercial source of Daemonorops draco from south-east Asia. All resin samples were freshly collected. A means of identification of the resins from their Raman spectra is proposed. (C) 1997 by John Whey & Sons, Ltd.