OLIBANUM GUM Chemical Properties

Density 

0.862-0.889

color 

Paleliquid

Odor

pleasant balsamic odor

Odor Type

woody

EPA Substance Registry System

Olibanum (8050-07-5)

Safety Information

Toxicity

skn-rbt 500 mg/24H MOD FCTXAV 16,837,78

OLIBANUM GUM Usage And Synthesis

Description

Olibanum gum is yellowish to yellow-green transparent beaded solid. Soluble in ethanol, chloroform and ether; insoluble in turpentine; insoluble in water. Used in the system of varnish, chewing gum flavor, medicine, etc.

Chemical Properties

The oil, obtained by steam distillation of the trees B. carterii Birdw. and other Boswellia species, has a balsamic, slightly citrine odor.

Physical properties

It is a pale-yellow liquid. It is soluble in most fixed oils and with a slight haze in mineral oil. It is insoluble in propylene glycol and glycerin.

Definition

Extracts and their physically modified derivatives. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerization products of these terpenes.

Safety Profile

A skin irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes

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