Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1996; 62(2): 183-184DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957851 Letters © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York 2′-Hydroxycinnamaldehyde from Stem Bark of Cinnamomum cassia Byoung-Mog Kwon1 , Young-Kwon Cho1 , Seung-Ho Lee1 , Ji-Youn Nam1 , Song-Hae Bok1 , Soo-Kyoung Chen2 , Jeong-Ah Kim2 , Ihn-Rhan Lee2 1Bioproducts RG, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, KIST, P.O. Box 115 Yoosung, Taejon, Korea 305-600 2Ewha Womans University, College of Pharmacy, Seoul, Korea Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract 2′-Hydroxycinnamaldehyde, which inhibits farnesylprotein transferase (FPTase), has been isolated from the stem bark of Cinnamomum cassia Blume. The biologically active agent in the extract has been purified by silica column chromatography and HPLC. The structure of the isolated compound was elucidated on the basis of 500 MHz NMR experiments. PDF (192 kb)
