Botanical species · safety record
Boswellia serrata
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 adverse-effect records for Boswellia serrata. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 777 licensed products naming Boswellia serrata as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Effect types
- Other toxicities1
- Reproductive1
Target tissues
- Uterus1
Recorded adverse effects
Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.
| Effect | Target tissue | Plant part | Preparation | Test organism | Test type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other toxicities | — | — | — | Rat (as animal) | Subchronic | Resolve DOI |
| Reproductive | Uterus | — | — | — | Reproduction toxicity | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Singh, Pooja., Chacko, K Mathai., Aggarwal, M L., Bhat, Binu., Khandal, R K., Sultana, Sarwat., Kuruvilla, Binu T. A-90 Day Gavage Safety Assessment of Boswellia serrata in Rats.. Toxicology international, 2012, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 273-8. DOI
- Basch, Ethan., Boon, Heather., Davies-Heerema, Theresa., Foppo, Ivo., Hashmi, Sadaf., Hasskarl, Jens., Sollars, David., Ulbricht, Catherine. Boswellia: An evidence-based systematic review by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration . Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy, 2004, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 63-83.
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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.
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