title: Myrrh--Commiphora chemistry.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University, Ein Kerem Campus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. lumir@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Lumír O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Hanus
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rezanka
authors.forename: Valery M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Dembitsky
authors.forename: Arieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moussaieff
mesh_terms: D029744:Commiphora / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D013729:Terpenes; C014119:myrrh oil