title: [Herbalism, botany and components analysis study on original plants of frankincense].
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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing 100050, China. dasunlei@sina.com
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jimin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hongyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jingai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Ruichao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D029743:Boswellia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts