title: Ocotea quixos, American cinnamon.
abstract: Among the three South American Lauraceae with cinnamon odours, Ocotea quixos Lam. is distinguished with the richest historical legacy. Cinnamaldehyde, its odoriferous principle, occurs besides o-methoxycinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and methyl cinnamate in the fruit calyx. In contradistinction, 1-nitro-2-phenylethane is responsible for the cinnamon odour of bark and leaves of Aniba canelilla (H..B.K.) Mez and Ocotea pretiosa (Nees) Mez.
mesh_terms: D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum / Q000032:analysis*; D003212:Condiments / Q000032:analysis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis*; D013020:South America