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Boswellia elongata

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Internal ID UUID64400d9a906c4697222508
Scientific name Boswellia elongata
Authority Balf.f.
First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 505 (1882)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic لبان متطاول
Chinese 長葉乳香樹
Chinese 长叶乳香树

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000569699
Tropicos 100299687
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127042-1
The Plant List kew-2680556
Open Tree Of Life 605996
NCBI Taxonomy 613104
IUCN Red List 30415
IPNI 127042-1
iNaturalist 189862
GBIF 5636144
Freebase /m/02x8d2j
USDA GRIN 466888
Wikipedia Boswellia_elongata

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Boswellia Essential Oil: Natural Antioxidant as an Effective Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Agent Obiștioiu D, Hulea A, Cocan I, Alexa E, Negrea M, Popescu I, Herman V, Imbrea IM, Heghedus-Mindru G, Suleiman MA, Radulov I, Imbrea F Antioxidants (Basel) 27-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10603989
doi:10.3390/antiox12101807
PMID:37891886
Rapid identification of α-glucosidase inhibitors from Poria using spectrum-effect, component knock-out, and molecular docking technique Ma C, Lu J, Ren M, Wang Q, Li C, Xi X, Liu Z Front Nutr 10-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10448901
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1089829
PMID:37637945
Effects of Frankincense Compounds on Infection, Inflammation, and Oral Health Almeida-da-Silva CL, Sivakumar N, Asadi H, Chang-Chien A, Qoronfleh MW, Ojcius DM, Essa MM Molecules 29-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9268443
doi:10.3390/molecules27134174
PMID:35807419
Seed Viability and Potential Germination Rate of Nine Endemic Boswellia Taxa (Burseraceae) from Socotra Island (Yemen) Hamdiah S, Karas L, Houšková K, Van Damme K, Attorre F, Vahalík P, Habrová H, Lvončík S, Eler K, Maděra P Plants (Basel) 26-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182641
doi:10.3390/plants11111418
PMID:35684190
Exploring the historical distribution of Dracaena cinnabari using ethnobotanical knowledge on Socotra Island, Yemen Al-Okaishi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8017851
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00452-1
PMID:33794944
Review of Whole Plant Extracts With Activity Against Herpes Simplex Viruses In Vitro and In Vivo Garber A, Barnard L, Pickrell C J Evid Based Integr Med 16-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7894602
doi:10.1177/2515690X20978394
PMID:33593082
Enzymatic Inhibitors from Natural Sources: A Huge Collection of New Potential Drugs Paoli P Biomolecules 20-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7909571
doi:10.3390/biom11020133
PMID:33498517
Triterpenic Acids as Non-Competitive α-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Boswellia elongata with Structure-Activity Relationship: In Vitro and In Silico Studies Ur Rehman N, Halim SA, Al-Azri M, Khan M, Khan A, Rafiq K, Al-Rawahi A, Csuk R, Al-Harrasi A Biomolecules 12-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7278020
doi:10.3390/biom10050751
PMID:32408614
A Survey of Chemical Compositions and Biological Activities of Yemeni Aromatic Medicinal Plants Chhetri BK, Awadh Ali NA, Setzer WN Medicines (Basel) 28-May-2015
PMCID:PMC5533162
doi:10.3390/medicines2020067
PMID:28930202
Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) Borth R, Ivinskis P, Saldaitis A, Yakovlev R Zookeys 11-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3187673
doi:10.3897/zookeys.122.1213
PMID:21998527
Anticholinesterase Activity of Endemic Plant Extracts from Soqotra Bakthira H, Awadh Ali NA, Arnold N, Teichert A, Wessjohann L Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 02-Apr-2011
PMCID:PMC3252222
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v8i3.65292
PMID:22468008
Assessment of antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum and phytochemical screening of some Yemeni medicinal plants Alshawsh MA, Mothana RA, Al-shamahy HA, Alsllami SF, Lindequist U Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 22-Oct-2007
PMCID:PMC2781778
doi:10.1093/ecam/nem148
PMID:18955251

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