Commercially important Commiphora species are drought-tolerant plants and they are leafless for most of the year. Therefore, it is necessary to develop some molecular marker for the identification. Intended for that, in the present study, species-specific, sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR) markers were developed for proficient and precise identification of closely related species ...

The World Health Organization estimates that a staggering two billion people harbor parasitic worm infections. Parasitic worms also infect livestock and crops, affecting food production with a resultant economic impact. In view of this, an attempt has been made to study the anthelmintic activity to validate the Eritrean unorthodox medicines. In this study, aqueous extracts of Acacia etbaica, Co...

The petroleum ether extract of the oleo-gum-resin of Boswellia carteri Bird., the chloroformic successive extract of the oleo-gum-resin of Commiphora myrrha Engl. as well as the prepared volatile contents from both resins showed significant anti-inflammatory activity in carragennan-induced edema in rats. Phytochemical investigation of the volatile fractions was carried out using GC/MS and revea...

The ethanol extract of roots, fruits and roots of solanum indicum and saccharum munja respectively and water soluble resin of commiphora myrrha were studied for antiinflammatory activity against carrageenin induced oedema in rats, the significant antiinflammatory activity were found in former two plants will slight anti inflammatory activity was observed in latter plant.

AIMS The in vitro antimicrobial activity of three essential oil samples of frankincense (Boswellia rivae, Boswellia neglecta and Boswellia papyrifera) and two essential oil samples of myrrh and sweet myrrh (Commiphora guidotti and Commiphora myrrha), collected from different regions of Ethiopia, was investigated independently and in combination to determine their anti-infective properties. ME...

Acute toxicity studies of crude extracts of resins of Commiphora myrrha, C. guidottii and C. erlangeriana, and pure compounds isolated from C. erlangeriana were conducted on Swiss albino mice. The extract from C. erlangeriana had a mean LD50 of 410 mg/kg body weight. However the extracts from C. myrrha and C. guidotti were not toxic at the doses tested. The pure compound isolated from C. erlang...

Plant-derived antitumor drugs are currently used in chemotherapy. Cycloartane triterpenoids have shown a cytotoxic effect on human prostate cancer cells. The aim of the present study was to isolate a cycloartane triterpenoid from Commiphora myrrha and evaluate its anticancer potential. Cycloartan-24-ene-1α,2α,3β-triol (MY-1) was isolated from Commiphora myrrha, and its structure was determined ...

BACKGROUND Trichomoniasis vaginalis is now an important worldwide health problem. Metronidazole has so far been used in treatment, but the metronidazole-resistant strains and unpleasant adverse effects have been de-veloped. Myrrh is one of the oldest known medicinal plants used by the ancient Egyptians for medical purposes and for mummification. Commiphora molmol (Myrrh) proved safe for male re...

Commiphora species are of high medicinal importance. They distributed in Saudi Arabia, mainly rocky habitats and regions under mountains, including the east Tihama, forming a distinct element flora. The present study focuses on botanical characterization five Commiphora, i.e., C. erythraea, gileadensis, kataf, myrrha, quadricincta. morphological characters for each were recorded comparatively, ...