13 and 14 years old cinnamon bark essential oil has higher antioxidant activity

Recently, the research group of Guangdong Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project undertaken by Professor Wu Hong from the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Biological Resource Conservation and Utilization of South China Agricultural University and the School of Life Sciences published a title in the international academic journal Arabian Journal of Chemistry.

In this study, the composition and antioxidant activity of cinnamon bark essential oil of different growth ages (6-) were compared and analyzed, and the total flavonoids were extracted, separated and studied on antioxidant activity.

In view of the versatility of cinnamon essential oil, especially the good application prospects in the field of antibacterial and fresh-keeping, the core member of the research group, Professor Yang Zhuohong from the School of Materials and Energy of South China Agricultural University, carried out the construction and application of cinnamon essential oil-based functional antibacterial fresh-keeping film

(Source: South China Agricultural University)

"China Food News" (December 15, 2021 03 edition)

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