Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, Oct 1975 Vol. 52 (10) p.423

Mastich as an antioxidant

A. H. Y. Abdel Rahman1 and Soad Youssef2 

1College of Agriculture, Alexandria University

2College of Agriculture Kafr El-Sheikh Tanta University 

Abstract

Mastich, a resin from Pistacia Lentiscus L. Family Anacardiaceae, contains terpenolic acids, which apparently act as antioxidants similar to butylated hydroxyanisole BHA. Egyptian farmers have used mastich for centuries as a butteroil preservative.