Palo Santo
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Family: Burseraceae (torchwood or frankincense or myrrh family)

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Phytochemical composition:

α– terpineol, cis-2,6,6-trimethyl-2-vinyl-5-acetoxitetrahydropyran, cykloten, geraniol, geranylacetát, kleje, kys. 3α-hydroxitirucal-7,24-dien-21-ová, kys. β-elemonová, kys. 3-oxotirucala-8,24-dien-21-ová, kys. 2,3-sekoolean-12-en-2,3,28- trikarboxylová, limonen, linalol, linalol-monooxid, linalol-oxid-furanoid, linalylacetát, metylheptenol, myrcen, monoterpeny, nerol, nerylacetát, seskviterpeny, silice, trans-2,6,6-trimethyl-2-vinyl-5-acetoxitetrahydropyran, 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
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Triterpenos aislados de corteza de Bursera graveolens (Burseraceae)
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