Boswellia sacra
Frankincense
- alpha-Thujene / incensole acetate profile; B. papyrifera differs
Frankincense is a resin oil, not a flower oil, and the difference shows up in three places: its 60-month shelf life, its pregnancy row, and the…
By botanical part
resin
2 published monographs fall under this facet. A facet here is not a taxonomy label but a safety clue: plants in the same family often share cross-reactivity risk, and the same botanical part often shares extraction and oxidation behaviour.
Monographs in this facet
Commiphora myrrha
Myrrh
- Furanosesquiterpene type (furanoeudesma-1,3-diene, curzerene)
Myrrh is the furanosesquiterpene resin: 30% furanoeudesma-1,3-diene, 18% curzerene, and a two per cent adult ceiling. It shares a plant family with…