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Molecules 2008, 13, 2181-2189; DOI: 10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /molecules Article Phytochemical Analysis of the Essential Oil from Botanically Certified Oleogum Resin of Boswellia sacra (Omani Luban) Ahmed Al-Harrasi * and Salim Al-Saidi Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O Box 36, Al-Khod 123, Oman; E-mail: salsaidi@.om (S. A-S.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: aharrasi@.om; Tel.: +968 Fax: +968 Received: 27 August 2008; in revised form: 10 September 2008 / Accepted: 10 September 2008 / Published: 16 September 2008 Abstract: The yield of hydrodistillation of a botanically certified Oleogum Resin of Boswellia sacra essential oil (5.5%); and its chemical constituents were determined. The GC/MS technique was used for the analysis of the oil. Several oil components were identified based upon comparison of their mass spectral data with those of reference compounds published in literature or stored in a computer library. The oil was characterized by the high content of the monoterpenes (34) which constituted 97.3% in which E-β-ocimene and limonene were the major constituents. The remaining 2.7% was accounted for the sesquiterpenes (16) in which the E-caryophyllene was the major constituent. The analysis proved the complete absence of the diterpenes. Keywords: Essential