| Identification and differentiation of dragon's blood in works of art using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. | |
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PMID: 20349349 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Dragon's blood is a common but non-specific name for red-coloured resins that are produced by various plants, particularly exudations from plant species belonging to the genera Dracaena and Daemonorops. Although dragon's blood is mentioned in historic sources as a colourant, it has hardly ever been identified in real artworks. This paper reports the identification and discrimination of dragon's blood produced by Dracaena cinnabari, Dracaena draco as well as Daemonorops draco and Daemonorops micracantha by means of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) within the context of a routine analysis of binding media used in works of art. The detection of specific flavonoid marker compounds in both underivatised and methylated methanol extracts provided the first evidence for the use of dragon's blood from all four species in various works of art from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Dragon's blood was mainly used as a red colourant in gold lacquers as well as translucent glazes and paints, e.g. in reverse-glass paintings (Hinterglasmalerei). |
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Authors:
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Ursula Baumer; Patrick Dietemann |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-03-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry Volume: 397 ISSN: 1618-2650 ISO Abbreviation: Anal Bioanal Chem Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-12 Completed Date: 2010-08-16 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101134327 Medline TA: Anal Bioanal Chem Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1363-76 Citation Subset: IM |
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Doerner Institut, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Barer Str. 29, 80799 Munich, Germany. |
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Arecaceae
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chemistry* Art* Coloring Agents / analysis*, chemistry Dracaena / chemistry* Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods* Paintings Resins, Plant / analysis*, chemistry |
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0/Coloring Agents; 0/Resins, Plant |
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