title: Assessment of coumarin levels in ground cinnamon available in the Czech retail market.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the coumarin content of ground cinnamon purchased from retail markets in the Czech Republic. No sample was labelled with information on the botanical source, but, in some cases, the countries of origin were specified. For comparison, a single cinnamon sample imported directly from a plantation in Sri Lanka that came from Cinnamomum verum was analyzed. Results from 60 ground cinnamon samples comprising twelve brands confirmed a high content of coumarin, with mean levels ranging from 2,650 to 7,017 mg · kg(-1). The high coumarin content confirmed that these cinnamon samples obtained from cassia cinnamon were in contrast to the sample from Sri Lanka, which was coumarin-free.
authors: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic. blahovaj@vfu.cz
authors: Jana
authors: J
authors: Blahová
authors: Zdeňka
authors: Z
authors: Svobodová
mesh_terms: D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum / Q000737:chemistry*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis*; D018153:Czech Republic; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D040541:Marketing; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry*; D017365:Spices / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; C030123:coumarin