Boswellic acids, a class of triterpenes, are the bioactive constituents in Indian frankincense, an herbal drug with pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. In this study their separation and quantification B. serrata extracts is reported for first time by using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. Under optimized conditions, i.e. Viridis HSS C18 SB column carbon dioxide, methanol, acetonitrile am...

Boswellia sacra, a frankincense producing endemic tree, has been well known for its cultural, religious and economic values. However, the tree has been least explored for the associated microsymbiota in the rhizosphere. The current study elucidates the fungal and bacterial communities of the rhizospheric regions of the wild and cultivated B. sacra tree populations through next generation sequen...

Shengfu oil is a traditional Chinese medicine formula containing 16 ingredients, including Scutellariae radix, Olibanum, and Rehmanniae radix. In this study, we aimed to enhance the wound healing of rabbit full-thickness scalded skin by Shengfu oil and to elucidate its regulatory effects on β-catenin, Dlk1, and COX-2. We found that Shengfu oil exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic,...

I approached this book with some interest, as my own maternal grandmother (who I never knew) died of tuberculosis (TB) in a Liverpool sanatorium in the pre-streptomycin days of the 1930s. That sanatorium later became Fazakerley Hospital, where I have worked for over 20 years (albeit with the now more politically correct name of “Aintree University Hospital”). Helen Bynum is a respected and prol...

BACKGROUND This study was done to assess the use of traditional/complementary and alternative medicine (TM/CAM) during pregnancy and the reasons behind it from the mother's perspective. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 919 pregnant mothers attending at prenatal care units of governmental health centers recruited through a multistage sampling and completed a self-report questi...