BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTTACT
Boswellic Acid : 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%
Common Name : Shallaki / Salai Guggal
Family : Burseraceae
Part Used : Gum, bark
INTRODUCTION :
It is a deciduous medium-sized tree, with ash coloured, bark, peeling off in thin flakes. The gum is credited with astringent, stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic, antipyretic, stomachic, emmenagogue and antiseptic properties. It is reported to be useful in ulcers, tumours, goitre. It is used in the preparation of an ointment for sores and is used with butter in syphilis. The gum resin is sweet, bitter, astringent, antipyretic, antidysenteric, expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic, and emmenagogue. It is useful in fevers, diaphoresis, convulsions, dysentery, urethrorrhea, orchiopathy, bronchitis, asthma, cough, stomatitis, syphilitic diseases, chronic laryngitis, jaundice and arthritis. The major bioactive constituents of Boswellia serrata are pentacyclic triterpene acids
Boswellia serrata a gum resin has been reported to have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and antipyretic activity. The other activity studied are anti-hyperlipidimic, anti-atherosclerotic and anticancer.
The product is extracted from gum, passes through isolation process to obtain the active compound in various concentration.
Therapeutic Applications
Specifications
Description
OFF WHIT TO PALE BROWN POWDER
Identification
By TLC
Moisture Content
NMT 5%
pH of 1% w/w Solution
6-7
Material passing through 30#
>99
Bulk Density (g/cc)
0.2 – 0.8
Heavy Metals
Lead
NMT 5.0 PPM
Cadmium
NMT 1.0 PPM
Arsenic
Mercury
NMT 0.1 PPM
Microbiological Analysis
TYMC
NMT 5000 cfu/g
TMC
NMT 100 cfu/g
Enterobacteriaceae
Absent
E. coli
Salmonella species
Assay
By titration total organic acid
By HPLC CONTENT OF TOTAL BOSWELLIC ACID
NLT 70% AND NMT 85%
NLT 20% AND NMT 30%