IUFRO Division 5 Conference

5.07.00 Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass/Chemicals from Wood Yu-Tang Tung

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, Taiwan Tel +886-2-3366-4614; Fax +886-2-3365-4520 E-mail: [email protected] (S. T. Chang).

Isolation and identification of essential oil Purpose

Hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus for 6 h

Assays

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis 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.

Thanks for your attention

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