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. 2014 Apr 10;2014:642942. doi: 10.1155/2014/642942

Table 1.

Chemical constituents of different parts of cinnamon [136] (Vangalapati et al., 2012 [2]).

Part of the plant Compound
Leaves Cinnamaldehyde: 1.00 to 5.00%
Eugenol: 70.00 to 95.00%

Bark Cinnamaldehyde: 65.00 to 80.00%
Eugenol: 5.00 to 10.00%

Root bark Camphor: 60.00%

Fruit trans-Cinnamyl acetate (42.00 to 54.00%)
and caryophyllene (9.00 to 14.00%)

C. zeylanicum buds Terpene hydrocarbons: 78.00%
alpha-Bergamotene: 27.38%
alpha-Copaene: 23.05%
Oxygenated terpenoids: 9.00%

C. zeylanicum flowers (E)-Cinnamyl acetate: 41.98%
trans-alpha-Bergamotene: 7.97%
Caryophyllene oxide: 7.20%