Constituents of Pyrolytic Products obtained from Gum Resin of Boswellia carteri Birdw. (Incense "Aden")

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00900765

The pyrolytic products obtained from Incense "Aden" (gum resin of Boswellia carteri Birdw.) were separated by Girard-P reagent.Prefractionation of the carbonylic portion was achieved by column chromatography on silica gel by gradient-elution.Subsequent GLC/MS-analysis of the resulting fractions allowed the identification of following substances: α-campholenaldehyde, cuminaldehyde, carvotacetone, phellandral, o-methylacetophenone, carvone, perilla-aldehyde, eucarvone, 1-acetyl-4-isopropenylcyclopentene, piperitone, nopinone, cryptone, verbenone, γ-campholenaldehyde, thujone, myrtenoic acid, p-menth-4-en-3-one, 3,6,6-trimethylnorpinan-2-one, myrtenal, 2,4-dimethylacetophenone, pinocamphone or isopinocamphone, isopropylidencyclohexane, α-amyrenone (2) and 11-keto-α-amyrenone (4) - Keywords: Carbonylic compounds of pyrolytic products; GLC/MS-Identification; Gum resin of Boswellia carteri Birdw.; Incense