An Overview on “Boswellia serrata”

Authors

  • Puneet Chauhan School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
  • Saurabh Singh School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
  • Shekher Chauhan School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
  • Dileep S. Baghel School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
  • Kamal Kumar School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2021.8.4S.4

Keywords:

Boswellia serrata, Shallaki, Salai guggul, Guggul, Anti-inflammation

Abstract

“Boswellia serrata” is a herb used for ages in the Indian system of medicine and other systems of medicines across the world. It comes under the family “Burseraceae”. The Boswellia serrata is called by various local names in different regions, out of which “Kundur” “salai” “guggul” “Shallaki” are very prominently used. “Shallaki” is a widely used active ingredient in the “Unani” “Siddha” and “Ayurvedic” medicines oriented for the treatment of inflammation and pain. It is also used as a component to add fragrance to the products. Boswellia serrata plant contains oleo-gum resins and the ASU drug manufacturer mostly use this resin to prepare Boswellia-oriented drugs and this practice of using resin as the key component of drugs is very old and effective. In ancient ayurvedic texts, particular methods describe the extraction, purification, and usage of this oleo gum resin. Now in the modern era, when a lot of research has been done on this plant and its parts, this plant has come out to be even more important as it is found to be showing specific characteristics beneficial for treating illnesses such as dysentery, urinary tract disorders, hemorrhoids, ulcers, and dyspepsia. The present review provides an overview of some pharmacological activities and the importance of “Salaiguggal” or “ Boswellia serrata “. “Salai guggal” is rich in essential oils, and therefore, it becomes important for the perfume industries as its essential oils are soothing to smell and show therapeutic effects. The essential oils of Boswellia serrata are a mixture of different boswellic acids such as “mono-terpenes”, “di-tepenes” and “sesqui-terpenes”. Whereas the oleo gum resin of “ Boswellia serrata “ comprises monosaccharides such as pentose and hexose sugars. The oleo gum resin of this plant is highly recommended by almost every medical practitioner who deals in herbal medicines as it has shown a huge range of effective characteristics in asthma, cancer, microbial/fungal infections, inflammation, arthritis, diarrhea, and also as an analgesic. A proper systematic literature review was done using different databases that were available online like Google Scholar, PubMed, and ScienceDirect.

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Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Puneet Chauhan, Saurabh Singh, Shekher Chauhan, Dileep S. Baghel, & Kamal Kumar. (2021). An Overview on “Boswellia serrata”. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 8(4), 21–24. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2021.8.4S.4

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