[MPWG] Fw: [Phytomedica] Cinnamon helps fight against bird flu

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Long known for its medicinal and food uses, looks like cinnamon is 
crossing over into the veterinary field as well. 

See also: Microsoft PowerPoint - Baser-Franz-veterinary medicine-97.ppt

-P.

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Cinnamon helps fight against bird flu
// 08 Aug 2007
Technology has been created whereby cinnamon extract is used as an air 
disinfectant against bird flu in airports, or as a daily supplement that 
protects 
people against the common flu.

Tel Aviv University technology transfer company Ramot has signed an 
agreement with Frutarom, a multinational neutraceutical company based in 
Israel, for 
applying a technology of using the a cinnamon extract in a whole host of 
applications from disinfecting the air as a spray against avian flu in 
airports, 
to a daily supplement that protects people against the common flu. The 
discovery was made by Professor Michael Ovadia, of Tel Aviv University's 
Department 
of Zoology.

Ovadia's initial experiments proved to be true - his savoury cinnamon 
extract was able to quickly and efficiently immunise chicken embryos from 
the 
Newcastle disease virus, one which costs the poultry industry in the US 
alone 
millions of dollars a year. 

Apparently further studies on avian influenza H9, Sendal virus, and Herpes 

Simplex 1 also achieved positive results. "Not only was the extract able 
to 
neutralise the viruses, it also showed for selected viruses that it has 
the 
potential to immunise against them as well." 

What the cinnamon does
Besides human applications, Prof Ovadia sees that cinnamon fills an 
important niche in the agricultural industry where chicks need to be 
immunised by 
hand against the deadly Newcastle disease virus. Applying his research to 
the 
global scale could only be done with the help of a large company, which is 

where Frutarom comes in. The Israeli-based flavour and food additive 
company has 
grown in the last 10-15 years from US$10 million a year to a projected 
US$350 
million by the end of 2007.

The review says that the University is going to take this know-how from a 
food supplement to protect people from illness to neutraceuticals in 
drugs, 
also realising that it can be used in agriculture against bird flu. "This 
represents a very diversified product," commented Frutarom's CEO Ori 
Yehudai.

http://www.worldpoultry.net/home/id2205-26116/cinnamon_helps_fight_against_bir

d_flu.html


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