DEFINITION

Boswellia serrata is the oleogum resin obtained by incision or produced by spontaneous exudation from the stem and branches of Boswellia serrata Roxb. (Fam. Burseraceae). It contains NLT 1.0% of the keto derivatives of β-boswellic acid, calculated on the dried basis as the sum of 11-keto-β-boswellic acid and 3-acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid.