IUFRO Division 5 Conference

5.07.00 Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass/Chemicals from

Wood

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Anti-inflammation activities of essential oil and its conponents from indigenous cinnamon (Cinnamomum osmophloeum) twigs

Yu-Tang Tung, Meng-Thong Chua,Sheng-Yang Wang, and Shang-Tzen Chang

School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University

No. 1 Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, TaiwanTel +886-2-3366-4614; Fax +886-2-3365-4520

E-mail: peter@ntu.edu.tw (S. T. Chang).

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Purpose

Isolation and identification of essential oil

Hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus for 6 h

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis

Assays

Nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages assay.

Cell viability.

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Results

Conclusion

Essential oil of C. osmophloeum twigs and cinnamaldehyde have excellent anti-inflammation activities and thus have great potential to be used as a source for natural health products.

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