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CLM-FRANKINCENSE-001 · VERIFIED

Key odorants of frankincense resin

Aroma extract dilution analysis of frankincense (Boswellia sacra) resin from Somalia and Oman detected 23 odorants; key odorants included α-pinene, β-myrcene, linalool, p-cresol and two unidentified sesquiterpenoids.

SCOPE

Unburnt resin of one Boswellia species; the smoke of burning incense and other incense blends were not studied.

SUPPORT CHECK

The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the abstract fetched from the named service, and an editor read the full abstract against every part of the claim. Abstract from Europe PMC (ebi.ac.uk/europepmc), check run 36958278418.

LIFECYCLE

active · reviewed 2026-10-02 · corrections 0

Church IncenseSB-0074↗

Permanent identifier smellbook:claim:key-odorants-of-frankincense-resin · Graph record (JSON)

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 349.