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Product Constituents - Cinnamon Leaf Oil

Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Breyn

The following table of constituents (major) gives an appreciation:

       
  Cinnamon Leaf Oil    
       
  Principal constituents by % Source
    Bark Leaf
  methyl chavicol 76 2
  cineol 2 0.7
  linalool 2.6 3.5
  caryophyllene 3.2 5.9
  eugenol 2.4 71
  acetyl eugenol 0.2 2.5
       

The above figures are in percentage terms, and in addition to these elements there are numerous trace constituents.

The major countries producing the oil are Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and Zanzibar. Chinese oil is sometimes offered under the guise of Cinnamon, but it is usually Cassia.


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