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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Boswellia serrata (Burseraceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Frankincense; Tus; Chamaepitys; Olibanum

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Total Uses: 11

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Bite(Snake)	India(Santal)
Cancer	China	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Breast)	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Uterus)	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Condyloma	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Medicine	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Nerves	India
Rheumatism	India
Rinderpest	India(Santal)
Sclerosis(Breast)	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Uterus)	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.