Natural Product Sciences
- Volume 6 Issue 1
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- Pages.49-51
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- 2000
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Anti-allergy Activity of Cinnamomi Cortex
- Kim, Ra-Min (Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Young-Hee (College of Science and Engineering, Sangji University) ;
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Lee, Eun-Bang
(Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2000.03.01
Abstract
The anti-allergy activity of Cinnamomum cassia cortex extract and its fractions were investigated in mice. The extract exhibited potent anaphylactic shock and Arthus reaction. Among the fractions obtained in the successive fractionation with n-hexane, butanol and acetone, the butanol insoluble portion was shown to have the activities.