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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available 500000.0 2.83 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 80000.0 -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.
ARABINOSE 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.
BASSORIN 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.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOSWELLIC-ACID 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 63386.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 62000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 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.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BOSWELLIA-4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOARABINOGALACTAN 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BOSWELLIC-ACID 30 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE 4 Essential Oil not available 40000.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 6400.0 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-10-THUJANIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Plant 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
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisecretory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 7 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antispasmodic 9 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 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.
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *