The genus Cinnamomum

Table 3.4 Volatile constituents identified in commercial cinnamon leaf, stem bark oils and root bark oil
of 2 1 / 2-year old plants by GLC on SCOT column. (Values are means of three analyses)
Peak Retention time Compound Relative %
no. (min)
Leaf oil Stem bark oil Root bark oil
1a Solvent
1b Do
1 9.0 -Pinene 0.99 0.59 4.28
2 9.4 Unknown tr tr 0.14
3 9.8 Camphene 0.38 0.18 1.94
4 10.7 -Pinene 0.28 0.14 2.23
5 11.7 Sabinene tr 0.02 0.77
6 11.8 3 -Carene 0.07 0.03 tr
7 12.0 Myrcene 0.08 0.05 2.21
8 12.3 -Phellandrene 0.88 0.63 0.19
9 12.7 -Terpinene 0.12 0.42 0.17
10 13.3 Limonene 0.36 0.46 3.08
11 13.7 1,8-Cineole 0.62 2.00 11.7
12* 14.3 cis-Ocimene 0.02 0.03 0.57
13 15.0 -Terpinene 0.05 0.03 0.23
14* 15.1 trans-Ocimene 0.02 tr 0.20
15 15.9 p-Cymene 1.15 1.12 1.41
16* 16.4 Terpinolene 0.13 0.11 0.28
17* 18.3 n-Hexanol tr tr –
18* 21.6 Fenchone tr tr 0.02
19* 24.3 Furfural 0.02 0.03 0.02
20* 25.0 t-Linalool oxide 0.05 0.05 0.05
22 26.8 -Ylangene 0.99 0.31 –
23* 27.0 Nonaldehyde tr – –
24* 27.4 Benzaldehyde 0.16 0.26 –
25 27.8 Camphor tr tr 56.2
26 28.7 Linalool 3.44 2.39 0.87
27* 29.4 Linalool acetate tr tr 0.31
28* 30.7 Bornyl acetate tr 0.10 0.03
29 31.7 Terpinen-4-o1 0.12 0.36 2.16
30 32.3 -Caryophyllene 5.78 3.28 0.50
31* 33.4 2-Phenylacetaldehyde tr tr 0.04
32* 34.6 Borneol tr 0.02 0.08
33* 35.0 Methyl chavicol tr tr 0.37
34 35.8 -Humulene 0.91 0.56 0.17
35 36.4 -Terpineol 0.42 0.66 6.85
36* 37.2 -Selinene tr tr –
38* 37.9 -Cadenene 0.01 – 0.50
39* 38.1 Geranial 0.02 tr –
40 38.5 Piperitone 0.04 0.07 0.94
41* 38.7 Geranyl acetate – tr –
42 39.0 Cuminaldehyde 0.06 0.04 0.08
43* 39.6 Hydrocinnamic aldehyde 0.17 0.40 tr
45* 40.3 Phenyl ethyl acetate 0.03 0.07 tr
46* 41.4 Nerol tr tr –
47 44.1 Geraniol 0.04 0.06 0.7
48* 44.8 Benzyl alcohol tr tr tr
49 45.7 Safrole 2.28 tr 0.31
50* 46.8 2-Phenyl ethyl alcohol tr 0.41 tr
51 48.1 Unknown – – tr
52* 49.2 3-Phenyl propyl acetate 1.00 0.13 tr