Chemical components of Boswellia carterii / 药学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>AIM</b>To investigate the chemical components of Boswellia carterii.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Chromatographic technologies were used for separation and purification, while spectral analysis was used for structure elucidation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Six compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as acetyl-alpha-boswellic acid (1), acetyl-beta-boswellic acid (2), lup-20(29)-ene-3 alpha-acetoxy-24-oic acid (3), alpha-boswellic acid (4), beta-boswellic acid (5) and acetyl-11-keto-beta-boswellic acid (6).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compound 3 is a new constituent.</p>