IUFRO Division 5 Conference

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IUFRO Division 5 Conference 5.07.00 Energy and
Chemicals from Forest Biomass/Chemicals from Wood
Yu-Tang Tung
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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, Taiwan Tel
886-2-3366-4614 Fax [phone] E-mail
peter_at_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
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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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