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Chemical composition of the leaf essential oil of Cinnamomum pauciflorum Nees
Author(s) -
Nath Subhan C.,
Baruah Akhil,
Kanjilal Purnendu B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1688
Subject(s) - cinnamaldehyde , linalool , chemistry , essential oil , composition (language) , chemical composition , cinnamomum , monoterpene , botany , food science , cassia , organic chemistry , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology , catalysis , linguistics , philosophy
The composition of leaf essential oil of Cinnamomum pauciflorum Nees, growing wild in northeast India, was studied by GC and GC‐MS. Twenty‐five components representing 98.8% of the total oil were identified. Cinnamaldehyde [=( E )‐cinnamaldehyde] was the major component which alone constituted 89.8% of the oil. Other components above 1% concentration in the oil are linalool (2.6), ( Z )‐cinnamaldehyde (1.2) and α ‐pinene (1.0). Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.