Herbalism, botany and components analysis study on original plants of frankincense.
- Author:
Lei SUN
1
;
Jimin XU
;
Hongyu JIN
;
Jingai TIAN
;
Ruichao LIN
Author Information
1. National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing 100050, China. dasunlei@sina.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Boswellia;
chemistry;
classification;
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid;
Herbal Medicine;
Plant Extracts;
analysis
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2011;36(2):112-116
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In order to clarify original plants of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) frankincense, a GC method for determination essential oils and a HPLC method for determination boswellic acids were carried out together with analysis of herbalism, botany, components and pharmacology papers of frankincense. It was concluded that original plants of TCM frankincense include at least Boswellia sacra, B. papyrifera and B. serrata.
