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Plant 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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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
IDOSE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available 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.
L-SORBOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available 15000.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available 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.
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYL-BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Hairfield, E. M., Hairfield Jr., H. H., McNair, H. M. 1989. GC, GC/MS, and TLC of Beta-Boswellic Acid and O-Acetyl-Beta-Boswellic Acid from B. serrarta, B. carteii, and B. papyrifera. J. Chromatogr. Sci. 27 3: 127-133.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available 140000.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 22400.0 -1.00 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available 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.
SERRATOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available 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.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 18 Essential Oil not available 10000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 18 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available 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.
TERPINEOL-ACETATE 2 Essential Oil not available 35000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-10-THUJANIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 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 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 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 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 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 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 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 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition