Myrrh--Commiphora chemistry.
Myrrh and opopanax has been used throughout history in incense and as a perfume. Since Bible times it has been used for the treatment of wounds. The first attempts to identify content compounds were almost 100 years ago. In this review we discuss the present state of knowledge in the chemistry of substances of Commiphora spp.
Hanus
Lumír O
LO
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University, Ein Kerem Campus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. lumir@cc.huji.ac.il
Rezanka
Tomás
T
Dembitsky
Valery M
VM
Moussaieff
Arieh
A
D029744:Commiphora / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D010936:Plant Extracts; D013729:Terpenes; C014119:myrrh oil