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Frankincense seems to affect the sensitive areas of learning, especially the hippocampus, thus increasing message transmission and improving memory. This is due to the change in synaptic transmission, the formation of new synaptic networks and the increase of synaptic strength. Bosolic acid can increase dendrite branching in hippocampal neurons. It can also prevent the instability of microtubule proteins as a factor in the destruction of neurons in elderly people. It seems that the mechanism of the positive effect of frankincense on memory is due to the expansion of interactions with inflammatory mediators and neurotransmitters. Frankincense inhibits the degranulation of mast cells and induces monocytes and macrophages and inhibits complement pathways directly and indirectly. Bosolic acids inhibit the enzyme 5-lipooxygenase and finally suppress leukotriene. It has been determined that bosolic acid reduces some interleukins, interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor and stops the migration of white blood cells. Posolic acids are effective in learning and memory recording through the activation of proteinase kinase-C and cause the formation of synaptic connections in the hippocampus.