Chemistry and Bioactivity of Boswellic Acids and Other Terpenoids of the Genus Boswellia

Ahmed Al-Harrasi is Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies, Research, and External Relations and teaches organic chemistry at the University of Nizwa, Oman, where he also founded and chairs the Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center. He earned his BSc (1997) in chemistry from Sultan Qaboos University, and his MSc (2002) and PhD (2005) in organic chemistry from the Free University of Berlin as a DAAD Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Hans-Ulrich Reissig. He later pursued postdoctoral research in chemical biology as a Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University, United States. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Program, Professor Al-Harrasi has led over 40 funded research projects and is an accomplished and prolific author. His contributions to research have been widely recognized through the Order of Royal Commendation from His Majesty. He is also a recipient of the National Research Award from the Research Council of Oman. From 2019 to 2024, he has been consistently listed among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists by Stanford University.

• 1. Introduction2. Boswellia Species: taxonomy and traditional uses3. Chemistry of Boswellic Acids4. Synthetic Derivatives of Boswellic Acids5. Miscellaneous Natural Products Isolated from Boswellia6. Biological Activities of Boswellic Acids7. Biological Activities of Boswellia Extracts8. Biological Activities of Cembrene Diterpenoids9. Conclusion10. References