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.