Table 5.

Relative quantities of chemical compounds in four Cinnamomum species using GC–MS analysis

Compounds	Relative content (%)
	CB	CC	CL	CV
Eucalyptol	0.46 ± 0.08	–	–	–
Acetic acid	–	–	0.47 ± 0.12	–
Copaene	1.03 ± 0.07	0.41 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.17	–
Benzaldehyde	0.09 ± 0.16	0.06 ± 0.11	0.08 ± 0.13	–
Linalool	–	–	–	1.08 ± 0.11
Bornyl acetate	0.55 ± 0.07	–	–	–
(E)-Caryophyllene	0.74 ± 0.11	–	0.07 ± 0.13	0.55 ± 0.48
α-Terpineol	0.21 ± 0.19	–	–	–
γ-Muurolene	–	–	0.14 ± 0.12	–
α-Muurolene	–	0.37 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.03	–
δ-Cadinene	0.46 ± 0.07	0.28 ± 0.07	0.16 ± 0.15	–
(E)-Calamenene	–	0.19 ± 0.01	–	–
(Z)-Cinnamaldehyde	0.29 ± 0.06	0.20 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.01	–
(E)-Cinnamaldehyde	76.74 ± 3.31	84.68 ± 2.57	73.11 ± 1.24	70.58 ± 2.88
(E)-Cinnamyl acetate	2.31 ± 0.16	0.32 ± 0.02	1.54 ± 0.09	–
Eugenol	–	0.41 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.10	5.77 ± 0.42
o-Methoxycinnamaldehyde	–	–	–	3.01 ± 0.13
Coumarin	6.47 ± 0.39	5.64 ± 0.11	10.29 ± 0.16	1.90 ± 0.99
Methoxy eugenol	–	0.94 ± 0.03	0.92 ± 0.20	2.30 ± 0.27
Monoterpene alcohols	0.67	–	–	1.08
Sesquiterpenes	2.23	1.25	0.83	0.55
Phenolic monoterpenoids	–	1.35	1.35	8.07
Ketones	6.47	5.64	10.29	1.90
Aldehydes	77.12	84.94	73.39	73.59
Esters	2.86	0.32	1.54	–
Carboxylic acids	–	–	0.47	–
Total	89.35	93.50	87.87	85.19

Monoterpene alcohols	0.67	–	–	1.08
Sesquiterpenes	2.23	1.25	0.83	0.55
Phenolic monoterpenoids	–	1.35	1.35	8.07
Ketones	6.47	5.64	10.29	1.90
Aldehydes	77.12	84.94	73.39	73.59
Esters	2.86	0.32	1.54	–
Carboxylic acids	–	–	0.47	–
Total	89.35	93.50	87.87	85.19

Results are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3)

CB C. burmannii; CC C. cassia; CL C. loureiroi; CV C. verum