Botanical Name : Boswellia serrata
Sanskrit name : Sallaki
English Name : Olibanum, Frankincense
Family : Burseraceae
                                            
Plant Parts Used : Gum

Traditional uses:
The gum is credited with astringent, stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic, antipyretic, stomachic, emmenagogue and antiseptic properties. It is reported to be useful in ulcers, tumours, goitre. It is used in the preparation of an ointment for sores and is used with butter in syphilis. The gum resin is sweet, bitter, astringent, antipyretic, antidysenteric, expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic, and emmenagogue. It is useful in fevers, diaphoresis, convulsions, dysentery, urethrorrhea, orchiopathy, bronchitis, asthma, cough, stomatitis, syphilitic diseases, chronic laryngitis, jaundice and arthritis

Phytochemistry:
The major bioactive constituents of Boswellia serrata are pentacyclic triterpene acids viz., ?-boswellic acid, acetyl-?-boswellic acid, 11-keto-?-boswellic acid, acetyl-11-keto-?-boswellic acid and tetracylic triterpene acids viz. elemolic acid and elemonic acid. The gum contains sugars viz. D-galactose, D-arabinose, D-xylose and D-mannose. It also contains volatile oil and uronic acids

Pharmacology:
Boswellia serrata a gum resin has been reported to have analgesic, antiinflammatory, antiarthritic and antipyretic activity. The other activity studied is antihyperlipidimic, antiatherosclerotic and anticancer.

Main uses:
Anti-inflammatory, Ant arthritic.

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