Description
β-Boswellic acid is isolated from the gum resin of Boswellia serrata with anticancer, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory activity and anti-arthritic pain.β-Boswellic acid is an orally active nonreducing-type inhibitor of the 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) product formation either interacting directly with the 5-LO or blocking its translocation. β-Boswellic acid inhibits the synthesis of DNA, RNA and protein in human leukemia HL-60 cells with IC50 values ranging from 0.6 to 7.1 µM. β-Boswellic acid is promising for research of diabetes, inflammatory and arthritic diseases[1][2][3][4]