Review Article

[Retracted] Chemistry and Biology of Essential Oils of Genus Boswellia

Table 2

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

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

B. serrata Obatined from Willy Benecke GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) Myrcene38[16]
B. serrata NAα-Thujene22.7–47.4[22]
B. serrata NAα-Thujene29.3[24]
B. serrata NAα-Thujene61.36[23]
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 [20]
B. sacra Botanically certified oleogum resin -β-Ocimene32.3[25]
B. carteri/sacra NMOctanol acetate45.2[26]
B. carteri Authentic sample from Ethiopia certified for its authenticity from the Agricultural Department of the Ethiopian governmentOctyl acetate39.3 [16]
B. rivae NALimonene28.0[24]
B. rivae Authentic sample from Ethiopiaα-Pinene16.7[16]
B. rivae NAα-Pinene13.3[24]
B. rivae NAOctanol17.8[24]
B. neglecta NAα-Pinene16.7[27]
B. neglecta Authentic sample from Ethiopiaα-Pinene21.3[16]
B. papyrifera NAOctyl acetate63.5[24]
B. papyrifera NAOctyl acetate56.0[36]
B. pirottae NATrans-Verbenol15.5[27]
B. pirottae NATerpinen-4-ol14.6[27]
B. frereana Willy Benecke GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) α-Pinene38.0[16]

NA: not available.