title: Chemical composition of the flower oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume.
abstract: The steam-distilled oil of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) flowers was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. It consists of 23% hydrocarbons and 74% oxygenated compounds. A total of 26 compounds constituting approximately 97% of the oil were characterized. (E)-Cinnamyl acetate (41.98%), trans-alpha-bergamotene (7.97%), and caryophyllene oxide (7.2%) are found to be major compounds. This is the first report on the chemical composition of the flower oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
authors.affiliation: Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 013, India.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Jayaprakasha
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jagan Mohan Rao
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sakariah
mesh_terms: D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils