Common names:

Caraña, crispin, huancor (Peru).

Part(s) used:

Splinter, pieces of wood, resin.

Traditional use in native medicine of South America:

• calming the body
• energy harmonization
• aromatherapy
• insect repellency, as a repellent

Description:

Palo Santo, ie Holy Stick, Lignum vitae or holy wood. It is considered a strong tree, thriving in harsh conditions. The unique scent can hardly be compared to anything else. Smoking this wood will deepen spiritual moments and meditation. It harmonizes the energetic environment. Palo Santo is for South America, similar to sandalwood oil for Asia. Quality from Ecuador (Machalilla National Park, Manabí Province).

Phytochemical composition:

α–terpineol, cis-2,6,6-trimethyl-2-vinyl-5-acetoxitetrahydropyran, cykloten, geraniol, geranylacetate, 3α-hydroxitirucal-7,24-dien-21-ol β-elemon acid, 3-oxotirucala-8,24-dien-21-ol acid,  2,3-secoolean-12-en-2,3,28- tricarboxil acid, limonen, linalol, linalol-monooxid, linalol-oxid-furanoid, linalylacetate, metylheptenol, myrcen, monoterpeny, nerol, nerylacetate, seskviterpeny, silice, trans-2,6,6-trimethyl-2-vinyl-5-acetoxitetrahydropyrane, vanilin.

Source:

• Diccionario enciclopedico de plantas utiles del Perú, BRACK EGG A., CBC – Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos «Bartolomé de Las Casas», Cuzco, Perú, 1999, ISBN 9972-691-21-0
• El libro de las plantas mágicas, DE ZADRA, ALARCO, A., CONCYTEC, Lima, 1988, Perú
• Triterpenos aislados de corteza de Bursera graveolens (Burseraceae) y su actividad biologica 1*ROBLES, J., 1*TERRENEGRA, R., 2*GRAY, I.A., 2*PIŇEROS, C., 1*ORTIZ, L., 1*SIERRA, M. 1*Grupo de Investigación Fitoquimica Universidad Javeriana GIFUJ, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, 2*Phytochemistry Research Laboratories, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, SIBS Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 ONR, Scotland, UK in Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 15(4): 283-286, Out./Dez. 2005
• Chemical composition of three extracts of Bursera graveolens, YUKAWA, CH. 1*, IMAYOSHI, Y. 1, IWABUCHI, H. 1*, KOMEMUSHI, S. 2*, SAWABE, A. 2*, 1*SAN-EI GEN F.F.I. Inc., 1-11, Sanwa-cho 1-chome, Toyonaka City, Osaka 561-8588, Japan, 2*Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204, Nakamachi, Nara City, Nara 631-8505, Japan in Flavour and Fragrance Jurnal, 2005, Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 234 – 238
• Chemicals in Bursera graveolens, DUKE, A.J. Dr. Duke´s Phytochemical and ethnobotanical Databases