New research on Boswellia...

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Sweet anticoagulant, and also decreases most of the raised cytokines seen in CFS

Gum-resin extracts of Boswellia serrata have been traditionally used in folk

medicine for centuries to treat various chronic inflammatory diseases . It has

been found to have antibacterial , anti-arthritic , anti-edemateous ,

antioxidant, antiplatelet and anticoagulant(equivalent to heparin) . positive

effects of BEs in some chronic inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid

arthritis, bronchial asthma, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's

disease have been reported .

• Inhibited clotting factors Xa and Xia

• Inhibited ADP induced platelet aggregation

• Major increase of coagulation time

• Major increase of prothrombin time

• Major increase of activated partial thromboplastin time

• Decrease of TNF-alpha, IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and IFN-gamma ,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22457547 (2011)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22422529 (2012)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21479939 (2011)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21855244 (2011)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21771654 (2011)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20696559 (2010)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20696559 (2010)