Erratum

Erratum to “Chemistry and Biology of Essential Oils of Genus Boswellia

Table 2

Percentages of major compounds in the essential oils of reported Boswellia species.

Boswellia speciesMethod of obtaining resinPredominant compound(s)Percentage (%)Literature

B. serrata Obtained from Willy Benecke GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) Myrcene38
B. serrata NA -Thujene22.7–47.4
B. serrata NA -Thujene29.7
B. serrata NA -Thujene61.4
B. carteri Purchased from the local market of herbs and spices in EgyptDuva-3,9,13-triene-1a-ol-5,8-oxide-1-acetate21.4
B. sacra Botanically certified oleogum resinE- -Ocimene32.3
B. carteri/sacra NMOctanol acetate45.2
B. carteri Authentic sample from Ethiopia certified for its authenticity from the Agricultural Department of the Ethiopian governmentOctyl acetate39.3
B. rivae NALimonene28.0
B. rivae Authentic sample
from Ethiopia
-Pinene16.7
B. rivae NA -Pinene13.3
B. rivae NAOctanol17.8
B. neglecta NA -Pinene16.7
B. neglecta Authentic sample
from Ethiopia
-Pinene21.3
B. papyrifera NAOctyl acetate63.5
B. papyrifera NAOctyl acetate56.0
B. pirottae NAtrans-Verbenol15.5
B. pirottae NATerpinen-4-ol14.6
B. frereana Willy Benecke
GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)
-Pinene38.0

NA: not available.