The genus Cinnamomum

Table 3A.4 Percentage composition of leaf oil components from two
chemovars of cinnamon from Brazil
Compound Type 1 Type 2
-Pinene 0.12–0.15 t–0.2
Camphene t t
-Pinene t t
-Phellandrine t t–0.69
-Terpinene t t
Liminene t–0.20 t–0.11
1,8-Cineole b-phellandrine t–0.38 0.22–0.46
p-Cymene t–0.26 t–0.26
Terpinolene t t
-Ylangene t–0.21 t
Benzaldehyde 0.36–0.50 t
Linalool 0.51–1.33 1.44–1.67
-Caryophyllene t t
Terpinene-4-ol 1.03–1.25 1.68–4.28
-Humulene t 0.26–0.70
-Tepineol t t
Safrole t–0.56 29.57–39.52
Caryophyllene oxide 0.28–0.42 t
(E)-cinnamaldehyde 0.59–0.98 0.65–1.03
Eugenol 94.14–95.09 55.08–58.66
Benzyl benzoate 0.57–0.92 t–0.98
Source: Koketsu et al., 1997.
Note
t trace (0.01%).
Table 3A.5 Comparative percentage composition of cinnamon leaf oil
(Cameroon type) and two commercial oils of Seychelles
Compound Cameroon leaf oil Seychelles leaf oils
Eugenol 85.2 64.3–72.4
(E)-cinnamaldehyde 4.9 0.5–11.1
Linalool 2.8 0.3–2.7
-Caryophyllene 1.8 2.4–3.8
-Phellandrine 0.9 0.1–1.8
Caryophyllene oxide 0.5 0.2–0.5
-Pinene 0.5 0.1–0.6
p-Cymene 0.4 0.1–2.3
1,8-Cineole 0.3 0.2–1.1
Limonene 0.3 0.1–0.5
Camphene 0.2 0.5–0.6
-Pinene 0.2 0.1–0.7
-Phellandrine 0.1 0.1–0.2
-Thujene 0.1 0–0.3
-Terpinene 0.1 0.2–0.4
(E)--ocimene 0.1 0.1–0.6
Terpinolene 0.1 0.1–0.3
Myrcene 0.1 0.1–0.6
Terpinen-4-ol 0.1 0–1.2
Borneol 0.1 0.1–0.3
cis-Linalool oxide* 0.1 0–0.4