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Ok, I know there is no bird flu in the US but this is great info to file away for the future. Might be a good idea to start feeding our birds cinnamon when and if bird flu hits our shores.
Shalom!
Fern
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Bird Flu: Cinnamon extract found in the Bible
Key to cinnamon anti-viral extract found in the Bible, says Israeli
researcher ...
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1718&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDis
Key To Cinnamon Anti-viral Extract Found In The Bible
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/77703.php
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Cinnamon helps fight against bird flu
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 ayear 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.
Article Source: World Poultry
http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/id2205-26116/cinnamon_helps_fight_against_bird_flu.html
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