Anti-inflammatory activities of the triterpene acids from the resin of Boswellia carteri

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 249 - 253
• Main Authors: Banno, Norihiro, Akihisa, Toshihiro, Yasukawa, Ken, Tokuda, Harukuni, Tabata, Keiichi, Nakamura, Yuji, Nishimura, Reiko, Kimura, Yumiko, Suzuki, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 19.09.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; anti-inflammatory activity; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - isolation & purification; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - pharmacology; Antiedema; Biological and medical sciences; Boswellia; Boswellia - chemistry; Boswellia carteri; boswellic acids; chemical constituents of plants; Edema - drug therapy; ethnobotany; Female; General pharmacology; herbal medicines; Medical sciences; medicinal plants; medicinal properties; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Molecular Structure; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; plant extracts; resins; Resins, Plant - chemistry; rheumatoid arthritis; TPA-induced ear edema; traditional medicine; Triterpene acid; triterpene acids; Triterpenes - isolation & purification; Triterpenes - pharmacology; Boswellia carteri; TPA-induced ear edema; Triterpene acid; Antiedema; Edema; Serine endopeptidases; Enzyme; Pharmacognosy; Antiinflammatory agent; Burseraceae; t-Plasminogen activator; Medicinal plant; Peptidases; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Ear; Plant origin; Triterpene; Hydrolases; Spermatophyta; Resins

Boswellic acids are the main well-known active components of the resin of Boswellia carteri (Burseraceae) and these are still dealing with the ethnomedicinal use for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. Although several studies have already been reported on the phar...