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. 2023 Sep 10;21(3):15593258231200527. doi: 10.1177/15593258231200527

Table 2.

Phytochemical and phenolic compounds extracted from cinnamon bark.

Species Type of extract Compounds Ref
Cinnamomum cassia 60% Ethanol extract Cinnamic acid, sinapic acid, p-coumaric acid, vanillin, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, and 3-4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde 40
C cassia Boiling water extract Quercetin-3-rhamnoside, kaempferol, coumaric acid, syringic acid, and tannic acid 48
Cinnamomum zeylanicum and C cassia 60% Ethanol extract Gallic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, protocatechuic acid, 49
salicylic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid vanillin, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, cinnamic acid, and sinapic acid
C cassia Essential oil Trans-cinnamaldehyde (73.56%) benzene, 1,3-dimethyl, styrene, benzaldehyde, camphene, linalool, cis-cinnamaldehyde 50
acetophenone, camphor, borneol, benzenepropanal, decanal
decane, 3-ethyl-3-methyl-, 2-propen-1-ol, 3-phenylacetate, trimethyl-eugenol
copaene, geranyl acetate, caryophyllene, benzene, and cinnamyl acetate
Cinnamomum verum Essential oil Trans-cinnamaldehyde (74.49%) benzene, 1,3-dimethyl, styrene, benzaldehyde, camphene, linalool, and cis-cinnamaldehyde 50
acetophenone, camphor, borneol, benzene propanal, decanal
decane, 3-ethyl-3-methyl-, 2-propen-1-ol, 3-phenylacetate, trimethyl-eugenol
copaene, geranyl acetate, caryophyllene, benzene, and cinnamyl acetate
Cinnamomum loureiroi Essential oil Trans-cinnamaldehyde (81.97%) benzene, 1,3-dimethyl, styrene, benzaldehyde, camphene, linalool, cis-cinnamaldehyde 50
acetophenone, camphor, borneol, benzenepropanal, decanal
decane, 3-ethyl-3-methyl-, 2-propen-1-ol, 3-phenylacetate, trimethyl-eugenol
copaene, geranyl acetate, caryophyllene, benzene, and cinnamyl acetate