Mastic gum is a resin produced by <i>Pistacia lentiscus</i>, a tree native to the Greek island Chios. The resin of these trees has been shown to provide variety of health benefits including antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal functions, however the mechanism by which these benefits occur is not fully understood. It has been proposed that the resin is a composition of several organic compounds, some of which provide anti-inflammatory properties. We have had success using a combination of both acid-base extraction and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography techniques to separate a sample of purified resin with the goal of isolating the specific compounds within the mixture, so they may be investigated in an anti-inflammatory assay.

Isolation of anti-inflammatory compounds in mastic gum

2019 Fall National Meeting

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