Essential oil composition of Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume leaves from Little Andaman, India

Authors
Raina, VK Srivastava, SK Aggarwal, KK Ramesh, S Kumar, S
Citation
Vk. Raina et al., Essential oil composition of Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume leaves from Little Andaman, India, FLAV FRAG J, 16(5), 2001, pp. 374-376
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08825734 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
374 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-5734(200109/10)16:5<374:EOCOCZ>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The leaf oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume grown in Little Andaman was ana lysed by GC and GC-MS. Forty-seven constituents, representing 99.96% of the oil, were identified. The main constituents of the oil were eugenol (76.60 %), linalool (8.5%) and piperitone (3.31%). The composition of the oil is c omparable to cinnamon leaf oil produced in Bangalore and Hyderabad (south I ndia) in terms of eugenol and linalool contents. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wi ley & Sons, Ltd.