RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hanuš, Lumír O.
A1 Řezanka, Tomáš
A1 Dembitsky, Valery M.
A1 Moussaieff, Arieh
T1 Myrrh - Commiphora chemistry
JF Biomedical papers
YR 2005
VO 149
IS 1
SP 3
OP 28
DO 10.5507/bp.2005.001
UL https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-200501-0001.php
AB Myrrh and opopanax has been used throughout history in incense and as a perfume. Since Bible times it has been used for the treatment of wounds. The first attempts to identify content compounds were almost 100 years ago. In this review we discuss the present state of knowledge in the chemistry of substances of Commiphora spp.