Boswellia preparations: current market situation and clinical trials.The anti-inflammatory properties of frankincense frankincense: see incense-tree. frankincense Fragrant gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia (family Burseraceae), particularly several varieties found in Somalia, Yemen, and Oman. , the gum resin derived from Boswellia species, are well-recognized, and frankincense extracts are frequently and increasingly used in folk medicine folk medicine, methods of curing by means of healing objects, herbs, or animal parts; ceremony; conjuring, magic, or witchcraft; and other means apart from the formalized practice of medical science. to cure chronic inflammatory diseases all over the world. Animal studies and clinical trials confirmed the anti-inflammatory efficacy of such preparations. In this presentation we will give an overview about the current market situation regarding the variety of preparations based on frankincense. Today, frankincense preparations are not approved as drugs, but are at least available as dietary supplement. We summarized published clinical trials that had been performed with respect to the treatment of various chronic inflammatory diseases including arthritis, colitis, Crohn's Disease Crohn's disease: see colitis. , asthma as well as of cancer. M. Verhoff (a),C. Muller (b),O. Werz (a) (a) Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Tubingen, Germany (b) AureliaSan GmbH, Tubingen, Germany E-mail address: moritz.verhoff@uni-tuebingen.de |
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