The present invention relates to a composition for improving intestinal
flora and enhancing immune response containing Cinnamomum cassia bark
extract as an effective ingredient, more precisely, a composition
containing Cinnamomum cassia bark extract is an effective ingredient that
has the effects of increasing the growth of such intestinal beneficial
bacteria as Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus sp. and Lactobacillus
acidophilus and enhancing the proliferation of immune cells such as
lymphocytes of general immune system as well as increasing the activity
of intestinal immune cells. The composition of the present invention can
be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for constipation or other
intestine-related diseases and an immune enhancer owing to its activity
of increasing immunity, particularly intestinal immunity, by increasing
immune cell proliferation.