Meanings
nounboswellic acid (plural boswellic acids)
plural boswellic acids
- chemistryAny of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.
Origin
From taxonomic name Boswellia + -ic + acid.
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