Resins myrrh

Oleo gum resin Myrrh, it has a local stimulant and antiseptic properties and generally used in mouthwash. 

Properties and Composition. — The odor of myrrh is peculiar, but balsamic and fragrant the tecte is bitter, aromatic, and somewhat pungent. Water dissolves the gum principally, while alcohol and ether take up the volatile oil and resin. Myrrh is readily dissolved by the alkalies. When it is subjected to the action of nitric acid, a vinous hue is produced. According to Pelletier it consists of thirty-four per cent, of resin and sixty-six of gum. Rdickholdt states that it contains, when of the best quality, between forty-four and forty-five per cent, of resin. Brandes and Bbaconnot have also analysed it, with the following results —... 

Protocatechuic Acid.—One of the di-hydroxy benzoic acids is related to vanillin, which we have already studied. The acid is known as protocatechuic acid, and derives its name from the fact that it may be obtained from a gum or resin, known as gum catechin by fusion with potash, i.e. by heat and oxidation in presence of an alkali. A large variety of plant products including alkaloids essential oils, gums, resins and tannins yield this acid. The following may be mentioned gum catechin, gum benzoin, guaiac resin, myrrh, piperine or piperic acid, vanillin, cafe-tannic acid. These natural sources at once suggest a relationship to vanillin (p. 661) and heliotropin (p. 662). It is the acid corresponding to protocatechuic aldehyde, 3-4-di-hydroxy benzal-dehyde (p. 661), which explains the relationship just mentioned. Its constitution, is then ... 

The flavor is described as weak, resinous, myrrh, woody (Chemisis, 2000). 

The oleo-gura-resin myrrh contains resin.s, gums and 7%-17% of volatile oil and i,s about 50% water. soluble. 

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. 

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... 

A mixture of furanoeudesma-l,3-diene and lindestrene possesses a typical myrrh fragrance, and the resinous myrrh fragrance is best represented by dihydropyrocurzerenone. ... 

Resins such as myrrh, frankincense, and labdanum achieved prominence early in antiquity for their fragrant smell and were used for making perfumes and medicines as well as for burning as incense during religious services and ritual ceremonies (Morris 1984). Some well-known incense resins are listed in Table 76. 

Natural resins Pine resins, sandarac, copals, mastic, dammar, amber, frankincense, benzoe, styrax, myrrh, (plant resins) shellac (animal resin) tar and pitch (from thermal treatment of plant resins or wood) Varnishes, coatings, waterproofing materials, paint binders, ingredients of cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations... 

The first results encouraged the authors to analyse, by headspace SPME, substances mentioned in ancient texts or hieroglyphics as components of embalming fluids [true resins such as mastic, labdanum and pine resin or pine pitch and gum resins such as olibanum, myrrh and galbanum] [27, 28] with the aim of finding characteristic chemical compounds for each type of resin or gum resin. 

Peak no. Compound Rla Olibanum Myrrh Galba num Labda num Mastic Resin of Pinus pinea Pine pitch Pitch from Fayoum Sample 1485 Sample 1627 Sample 1625... 

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-... 

If you trace the word resin back far enough, you ll find that it was originally defined as a low molecular weight, natural polymer that is an exudate of (it exudes from) vegetable or non-vegetable matter. Examples are rosin (from pine trees), shellac (from insects), and both frankincense and myrrh (aromatic gums from an East African and an Asian species of tree). Resins like these do not flow if heat and pressure are applied, like plastics do. They decompose or melt. (This definition of resin is obsolete in commerce today.)... 

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. 

The resinous and balsamio exudations of plants, such as benzoin, and myrrh, and the like, are often impregnated with the aroma of the plant-... 

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. 

The word "chypre derives from the island of Cyprus, which for many centuries was the meeting point between East and West for the trade in aromatic materials. During the nineteenth century it became famed for the production of perfumes combining the citrus oils, floral pomades, and labdanum of the Mediterranean region, with resins and gums, such as styrax, incense, opoponax, and myrrh, imported from Arabia. Animal products such as civet from Ethiopia and musk from the Himalayas were also among the most valued commodities. 

If the residue from the initial extraction is of a resinous nature, it is called a resinoid, e.g. benzoin, myrrh, frankincense. Many resinoids will yield essential oils when distilled if they contain sufficiently volatile aromatic constituents. 

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. 

Gum-resins (Oleoresins). A group of aromatic exudations of plants which consist of a mixt of various substances (as essential oils) with the gum. The following are official (USP) ammoniac, assafeteda, gamboge, myrrh and scammony [Ref 3, p 392-L Ref 5, p 327-R (Oleoresins)]... 

An Adulterated Species from the Brandenburg Marsh, consolidated from Resin and sold for Myrrh. It does not differ in colour from true Succinum, and has the same smell when burnt. 

Though not as attractive as the more famous natural resins, fi ank-incense and myrrh, copal gives a pleasant smell when burnt as incense. 

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

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). 

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

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)... 

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