(or gugul), or as Commiphora wightii.
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The plant has been used for a very long time in Ayurvedic medicine, but it has also enjoyed considerable success in the Western world, where it is normally used in food supplements due to the active substances contained in its drug.
The latter is constituted by the gum-oleoresin obtained from the bark of the trunk and branches of the plant, commonly known as guggul gum. guggulsterones Z and E and guggulsterols IV.