Boswellia serrata and Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri) are important medicinal plants widely used for their content of bioactive lipophilic triterpenes. The qualitative and quantitative determination of boswellic acids (BAs) is important for their use in dietary supplements aimed to provide a support for osteoarthritic and inflammatory diseases. We used High Performance Liquid Chromatography (...

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of physical disability and impaired quality of life. Current medical treatments to manage the condition remain symptomatic, designed to control pain and improve function and quality of life. Given the efficacy, safety and tolerability issues associated with NSAIDs, development of new agents to manage OA without adverse events remains a priorit...

A formulation containing Curcuma longa and Boswellia serrata extracts (CB formulation) was evaluated for safety and efficacy in osteoarthritic patients and directly compared with the selective COX-2 inhibitor, celecoxib. In total, 54 subjects were screened, 30 subjects were enrolled and 28 completed the study. The treatment was well tolerated and did not produce any adverse effect in patients, ...

temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) is a disorder of the central nervous system in which hippocampus is mostly involved and causes memory impairment. kindling is a model of inducing epilepsy which is created through pentylenetetrazol (ptz) administration. this study examines the role of the aqueous extract of boswellia on the learning and development of brain (formation of dendritic branches and axons...

In this study the effect of Boswellia papyrifera (B. papyrifera) and Boswellia carterii (B. carterii) smoke exposure on spermatogenesis and sperm parameters in male albino rats was investigated. Rats (n = 11) were exposed daily in smoking chambers to smoke emanated by burning 4 g each of either B. papyrifera or B. carterii for 48 days. At the end of exposure duration rats were killed, and the t...

The use of herbal therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing worldwide. The aim of this study was to review the literature on the efficacy of herbal therapy in IBD patients. Studies on herbal therapy for IBD published in Medline and Embase were reviewed, and response to treatment and remission rates were recorded. Although the number of the relevant clinical studies is relatively...