AOAC SPDS Meeting Book March 19 2015

Volatile oil content of cinnamon

Species

Source

% volatile oil

Remarks

C. burmannii

Indonesia

1 ‐ 3.5% High amount of  i coumar n With mucilage

C. cassia

China Tung Hing Sikiang

High V.O.

Sweetest

C. Cassia

Northern Vietnam

3 – 4%

C. lourieroi

Central Vietnam

4 – 6% Also called  Vietnamese  

cinnamon, Saigon  cinnamon

Essential oil components

 ‐ Caryophyllene

 ‐ Terpineol

Eugenol

Dihydrocinnam aldehyde

Cinnamic acetate

Species

Linalool

C .  aromaticum*

< .1

0 %

0 2% .

0 % 0 3 6% 0 3 6% .7 .1‐ . < .1‐ .

C. loureiroi

0‐5% 0‐0.1%

1.1‐1.6% 0.6‐3.9% 0‐0.3%

C.  zeylanicum/C. verum* C. burmannii*

2.1‐7.8% 1.6‐3.2% 1.0‐1.9% 0.2‐1.0% 1.5‐10.6% 2.9‐22.3%

0‐1.0% 0.1‐0.6% 1.5‐2.6% 1.6‐1.7% 0‐0.4% 0‐0.4%

* With calcium oxalate