Phytochemical study of the biologically active fractions of the oleo-gum-resins of Boswellia carteri and Commiphora myrrha

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2573-2583

  Ammar, Nagwa M ^a   El Hawary, Seham S ^b   Mahdy, Ahmed A ^c   Hussein, Rehab A ^a   Okino, Tatsufumi ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active constituents; Anti inflammatory activity; Boswellia carteri; Commiphora myrrha

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885012378     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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