Botanical Information Boswellia serrata Roxb. (procuring samples)
| Synonyms | Boswellia balsamifera Spreng. |
| Boswellia glabra Roxb. | |
| Boswellia thurifera Roxb. | |
| Chloroxylon dupada Buch.-Ham. | |
| Libanus thurifer Colebr. | |
| Common name (en) | Indian frankincense |
| Sample preparation | To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug add 90 mL of methanol and sonicate for 10 min. Shake the mixture vigorously 3 or 4 times during this procedure. Dilute to 100 mL with methanol. Centrifuge and use the clear supernatant solution |
| Mobile phase | Anhydrous formic acid, heptane, ethyl acetate, toluene 3:10:20:80 (v/v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | No derivatization |
| Sample preparation | Extract 1 g of powdered drug with chloroform (3 x 25 mL) at room temperature for 30 min with intermittent shaking. Filter, combine the chloroform extracts, concentrate and make up the volume to 25 mL with Chloroform |
| Mobile phase | Toluene, ethyl acetate, methanol 8:2:1 (v/v/v) |
| Derivatization | Spray with anisaldehyde solution and heat at 70°C until the spots appear |