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Myrrh, Commiphora

Burseraceae Commiphora (myrrh) Boswellia (olibanum or frankincense) Canarium (elemi) a and (3 amyrin, euphanes, oleananes... [Pg.13]

Myrrh Trees of genus Commiphora Watt and Sellar (1996) Martinetz et al. (1988) Groom (1981)... [Pg.331]

Myrrh (Commiphora moimoi) is a shrub that grows in eastern Mediterranean regions and Somalia (Gruenwald, 1998). It grows irregular, knotted branches, trifoliate leaves, and yellow-red flowers (figure 8.5). The part used is a resin that exudes from the bark. It was made into an oint-... [Pg.314]

Myrrh (Commiphora molmol). Reprinted from Culbreth DMR. (1927). Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 7th ed. Philadelphia Lea Febiger. [Pg.315]

Commiphora myrrha Engler Mo Yao (Myrrh) (stem) From gum resin, essential oils including myrcene, alpha-camphorene, Z-guggulsterol, guggulsterol, makulor, cembrene 33 Stimulate blood flow, relieve pain, promote tissue regeneration. [Pg.58]

Gum resins include myrrh, which exudes from the trunk and branches of Commiphora myrrha, a tree growing in the region around the Red Sea. The lumps of resin are used medicinally, and also in making incense. [Pg.1438]

Burseraceae 29. Frankincense (Boszvellia sacra) 30. Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)... [Pg.136]

Frankincense or olibanum is an aromatic resin that is used as incense. It is the dried milky sap of trees in the genus Boswellia. Myrrh is the dried sap of trees in the genus Commiphora. Both of these genera are in the family Burseraceae, which also includes olives. Myrrh is used in perfumes and as incense. Both frankincense and myrrh were used as trade items, and their most popular uses were as incense at funerals and as additives in wine. [Pg.91]

Myrrh Oil occurs as a light brown or green liquid having the characteristic odor of the gum. It is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from myrrh gum obtained from several species of Commiphora (Fam Burseraceae). It is soluble in most fixed oils, but is only slightly soluble in mineral oil. It is insoluble in glycerin and in propylene glycol. It becomes darker in color and more viscous under the influence of air and light. [Pg.297]

Myrrh Commiphora myrrha (+)-Furanoeudesma-1,3-diene (79), curzerene (80), lindestrene (81) 96,109,110... [Pg.610]

Commiphora myrrha (myrrh) [essential oil] (Burseraceae), Curcuma zedoaria (Zedoariae Rhizoma) (Zingiberaceae) [rhizome] frankincense myrrh — gifts of the magi to the infant Jesus Panax ginseng, P. spp. (Araliaceae)... [Pg.275]

Isopropyl benzyl alcohol) (monoterpene) Commiphora myrrha (myrrh) (Burseraceae) [magi gift to infant Jesus], Glycyrrhiza glabra (Fabaceae) odour, burning taste)... [Pg.423]

Gum resins comprise a diverse variety of substances, including asafoetida Ferula), colophony, frankincense (Boswellia), and myrrh Commiphora). [Pg.1563]

Mjrrh is an oleo gum resin obtained from the stem of Commiphora molmol, a tree that grows in north-east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. In mice, myrrh showed no mutagenic effects and was a potent cytotoxic drug against solid tumor cells (5). The antitumor potential of C. molmol was comparable to that of cyclophosphamide. Studies in hamsters suggested an antischistosomal activity of myrrh (6). [Pg.1563]

Massoud A, El Sisi S, Salama O, Massoud A. Preliminary study of therapeutic efficacy of a new fasciolicidal drug derived from Commiphora molmol (myrrh). Am J Trop Med Hyg 2001 65(2) 96-9. [Pg.1564]

Commiphora iringen-sis Eastern Africa This genus yields many important resins such as myrrh but may yield gums from some species. [Pg.388]

Commiphora holtziana Engl. ssp. holtziana (Comiphora erythrea) (Opopanax, Sweet myrrh) E Gums are used as acaricides and insect repellants. Oleo-gum resins could be used in Kenya in the perfume, soap and cosmetic industry as well as food and beverage industry (51, 52)... [Pg.518]

Myrrh oil and myrrh resinoids are produced from the air-dried gum of Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. var. molmol Engl., C. abyssinica Engl, and C. schimperi Engl. (Burseraceae), shrubs that grow in Northeast Africa and Arabia. [Pg.218]

Myrrh. Gum-resin myrrh. From Commiphora abyssinica (Esrg) Eng. or from other species ol Commiphora, Burseraceae. Yields not less than 30% alcohol-soluble extract. Habit. Nutria, Somaliland, Arabia. ConniJ. 20-25% resin, 57-61% gum, 7-17% volatile oil and a bitter principle. [Pg.1000]

Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. SCN myrrh (oleo gum resin)... [Pg.255]

Furanoeudesmanes such as (-)-fiiranoeudesma-1,3-diene, furanoeudesma-l,4-dien-6-one and furanoeudesma-l,4(15)-diene, known as (-)-lindestrene, belong to the sweetish balsamic-smelling constituents of the yellowish red gum-resin myrrh, used as a carminative and astringent and obtained from Commiphora species (e.g. Commiphora abyssinica, C. molmol, Burseraceae) Tubipofuran, a diastereomer of... [Pg.30]

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