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Traditional use and clinical evidence are different kinds of claim and are kept separate throughout. Where a study is cited, the entry says what that study actually shows rather than what it is often said to show.

1. A Comparison of the Composition of Selected Commercial Sandalwood Oils with the International Standardpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCited for: Analysis of retail oils showing Amyris markers and synthetics in place of santalols.Cited for: Adulterants and synthetics present in retail sandalwood products.Cited for: Santalol content as the defining marker of true sandalwood.Used on Spotting real sandalwood, Side effects, What it is
2. Advances in biotechnological production of santalenes and santalolspubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCited for: Santalols as the defining constituents of sandalwood aroma.Used on Spotting real sandalwood
3. Australian vs Indian Sandalwood: What's the Difference?quintis.com.auCited for: Comparison of Santalum album and Santalum spicatum.Used on The wood
4. Casson, 'Periplus Maris Erythraei 36: Teak, Not Sandalwood', Classical Quarterly (1982)cambridge.orgCited for: The Periplus passage once read as sandalwood refers to teak.Used on Persia and the Parsis
5. Characterisation of sandalwood essential oils using high performance thin layer chromatographyro.ecu.edu.auCited for: HPTLC and GC-MS fingerprinting used to separate Santalum species.Used on Spotting real sandalwood
6. Darius I, Susa foundation charter (DSf), Livius translationlivius.orgCited for: Yakā timber brought from Gandara and Carmania.Used on Persia and the Parsis
7. Discovery of a Novel Cyclopeptide as Tyrosinase Inhibitor for Skin Lighteningpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCited for: Context for tyrosinase inhibition as a mechanism, and its limits.Used on On skin
8. East Indian Sandalwood Oil Is a Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor: A New Therapeutic Option in the Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Diseasepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govCited for: Proposed anti-inflammatory mechanism for sandalwood oil in skin.Cited for: Clinical context for topical sandalwood application.Cited for: Clinical context for topical sandalwood oil use.Used on On skin, How often to use it, Side effects
9. Esin Kahya, 'es-Saydene', TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisiislamansiklopedisi.org.trCited for: Al-Bīrūnī's derivation of Arabic ṣandal, ṣaydana and ṣaydalānī from Indian chandan.Used on Persia and the Parsis
10. Gershevitch, 'Sissoo at Susa', BSOAS 19 (1957), pp. 317–320ocb.uni-tuebingen.deCited for: Old Persian yakā identified as Dalbergia sissoo.Used on Persia and the Parsis
11. Ibn Sina, Canon of Medicine, Book II (Jamia Hamdard translation, 1998), entry 'Sandal', pp. 300–301rjwhelan.co.nzCited for: Three varieties; cold and dry temperament; uses for headache, hot swellings and fevers.Used on Persia and the Parsis
12. J. J. Modi, The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (1922), pp. 232–234, 320–321archive.orgCited for: The boi ceremony, the six-piece machi, permitted substitutes, aesma-bui, and the Parsi reading of urvāsna.Used on Persia and the Parsis
13. MacKenzie, A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (1971), čandal, p. 21 (via Wiktionary)en.wiktionary.orgCited for: Middle Persian čandal, 'sandalwood', from Sanskrit candana.Used on Persia and the Parsis
14. Mary Boyce, A Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism (1977), pp. 74–75, 81archive.orgCited for: Fire offerings of dry wood and frankincense in the Yazd villages, 1963–64.Used on Persia and the Parsis
15. Sandalwood essential oils: How to choose between the different typesoshadhi.co.ukCited for: Common substitute species marketed under the sandalwood name.Used on Spotting real sandalwood
16. Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), ṣandal, p. 793; chandan, p. 400dsal.uchicago.eduCited for: Persian ṣandal as both the wood and the paste made by rubbing it with water on a stone.Used on Persia and the Parsis
17. The Sacred Essence of Sandalwood (Chandan) in Hindu Rituals and Festivalsservdharm.comCited for: Ritual applications and festival use.Used on In ritual
18. Top 10 Uses of Pure Sandalwood in Temples, Rituals, and Spiritual Practicesjaigurudevupkaranbhandar.comCited for: Description of stone-grinding practice in temple contexts.Cited for: Stone-grinding practice and its ritual context.Cited for: Use of a circular stone for preparing ritual paste.Cited for: Temple preparation and application practice.Used on Making it, From a stick, The grinding stone, In ritual
19. Vendidad 8.2, trans. James Darmesteter, Sacred Books of the East (1898), with note 4avesta.orgCited for: The four fragrant fuels, and the gloss of urvāsna as a garlic-like plant.Used on Persia and the Parsis
20. Whispers of the sacred wood: a comprehensive review of Santalum albumdzarc.comCited for: Traditional preparation of the paste and the role of the heartwood.Cited for: Composition and behaviour of milled sandalwood heartwood.Cited for: Heartwood as the source of the aromatic fraction.Cited for: Volatile constituents and their behaviour on storage.Cited for: Botany, heartwood formation and constituents.Cited for: Traditional dermatological uses in Ayurvedic and Unani practice.Cited for: Composition of the heartwood and traditional preparation and use.Used on Making it, From powder, From a stick, Storing it, The wood, On skin, What it is