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Boswellia Extract

by Source Naturals · tablet or pill · 100 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 21078 00242 0
  • DSLD label 295605
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 100 servings

Boswellia Extract by Source Naturals lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 130 mg of calcium and 375 mg of boswellia serrata resin extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in Boswellia Extract?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Boswellia Extract: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 295605, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calcium130 mg13%Calcium in Boswellia Extract against 17,831 products130 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg130 mg

Higher than 54% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 390 mg.

Boswellia serrata Resin Extract375 mgIndian Frankincense in Boswellia Extract against 79 products375 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.375 mg

Higher than 84% of 79 products listing indian frankincense (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,125 mg.

Boswellic Acids262 mgBoswellic Acid in Boswellia Extract against 54 products262 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 74.81 mg to 191.25 mg, the median 97.5 mg.262 mg

Higher than 81% of 54 products listing boswellic acid (median 97.5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 786 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 295605 (entered July 18, 2023), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records 3 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Boswellia Extract's, rare ingredients counting for more.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested Use: 1 tablet three times daily with a meal.
Warnings
Note: If you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or breastfeeding, consult your health care professional before using this product.
Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Suitable for vegetarians and Hypoallergenic: Contains no yeast, dairy, egg, gluten, corn, soy or wheat. Contains no sugar, starch, salt, preservatives, or artificial color, flavor or fragrance.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 295605.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Modified Cellulose Gum, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Colloidal.

How many labels does Boswellia Extract have?

4 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 295605 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 100 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00242 0
  2. Label 272555 Entered September 22, 2022 · off the market July 6, 2022 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00242 0
  3. Label 185163 Entered January 7, 2019 · on the market · 50 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00241 3
  4. Label 72771 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market December 22, 2021 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00242 0

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Source Naturals, Inc. (distributor), Santa Cruz, CA. All Source Naturals products.

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