Identification of odorants in frankincense (Boswellia sacra Flueck.) by aroma extract dilution analysis and two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry/olfactometry
Johannes Niebler & Andrea Buettner
DOI 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.10.030CLM-FRANKINCENSE-001 · VERIFIED
Aroma extract dilution analysis of frankincense (Boswellia sacra) resin from Somalia and Oman detected 23 odorants; key odorants included α-pinene, β-myrcene, linalool, p-cresol and two unidentified sesquiterpenoids.
Unburnt resin of one Boswellia species; the smoke of burning incense and other incense blends were not studied.
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Johannes Niebler & Andrea Buettner
DOI 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.10.030Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:key-odorants-of-frankincense-resin · Graph record (JSON)
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 349.