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 specie | Method of obtaining resin | Predominant compound(s) | Percentage (%) | Literature |
| B. serrata | Obatined from Willy Benecke GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) | Myrcene | 38 | [16] | B. serrata | NA | α-Thujene | 22.7–47.4 | [22] | B. serrata | NA | α-Thujene | 29.3 | [24] | B. serrata | NA | α-Thujene | 61.36 | [23] | B. carteri | Purchased from the local market of herbs and spices in Egypt | Duva-3,9,13-triene-1a-ol-5,8-oxide-1-acetate | 21.4 | [20] | B. sacra | Botanically certified oleogum resin | -β-Ocimene | 32.3 | [25] | B. carteri/sacra | NM | Octanol acetate | 45.2 | [26] | B. carteri | Authentic sample from Ethiopia certified for its authenticity from the Agricultural Department of the Ethiopian government | Octyl acetate | 39.3 | [16] | B. rivae | NA | Limonene | 28.0 | [24] | B. rivae | Authentic sample from Ethiopia | α-Pinene | 16.7 | [16] | B. rivae | NA | α-Pinene | 13.3 | [24] | B. rivae | NA | Octanol | 17.8 | [24] | B. neglecta | NA | α-Pinene | 16.7 | [27] | B. neglecta | Authentic sample from Ethiopia | α-Pinene | 21.3 | [16] | B. papyrifera | NA | Octyl acetate | 63.5 | [24] | B. papyrifera | NA | Octyl acetate | 56.0 | [36] | B. pirottae | NA | Trans-Verbenol | 15.5 | [27] | B. pirottae | NA | Terpinen-4-ol | 14.6 | [27] | B. frereana | Willy Benecke GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) | α-Pinene | 38.0 | [16] |
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NA: not available.
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