Origin: Somalia, East Africa, South Arabia and India.
Scientific name: Boswellia carterii
Other Names: Frankincense, Frankincense, Olibanum
Active Ingredients: Essential oil (3-10%):
Terpenic and sesquiterpenic hydrocarbons.
Monoterpene alcohols: aorneol, linalool, nerolidol, T-sabinol.
Sesquiterpenic alcohols:.
Ketones: carvone, cryptone, isopinocamphone, verbenone.
Gum (15-30%): arabinose, galactose, acid.
Resin (60-70%), constituted by triterpenes: 3-acetyl-P-boswellic and a-boswellic acid.
Bitter principles.
Part used: resin
