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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Boswellia serrata (Burseraceae)

Common Names
Salaki; Salai Guggal; Kundur Luban; Salai; Indian Olibanum-Tree; Indian Frankincense
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil 45000.0 1.00 *
11-KETO-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 23058.0 1.00 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-24-OIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXY-URS-9-12-DIEN-24-OIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXYTIRUCALL-8,24-DIEN-21-OIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
3-BETA-HYDROXYTIRUCALL-8,24-DIEN-21-OIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
3-KETOTIRUCALL-8,24-DIEN-21-OIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
3-O-ACETYL-11-KETO-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 550.0 *
3-O-ACETYL-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 150.0 *
ACETYL-11-KETO-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ACETYL-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 5 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 10 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 10 Resin, Exudate, Sap Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLYTIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Resin, Exudate, Sap Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Resin, Exudate, Sap 9920.0 -1.17 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 (View) Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Analgesic 7 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 7 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiadenomic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition