Table 1.
Authentication of analyzed cinnamon products using DNA barcoding.
| Sample code |
Product description | aOrigin | Form | DNA barcoding result - Species (No. of sequences) |
bDetermined species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM-1 | Korintje Cinnamon Powder, Certified Organic, Cinnamomum burmannii | NA | powder | C. burmannii | C. burmannii |
| CM-2 | Cinnamon Powder Organic, Cinnamomum burmannii | Indonesia | powder | C. burmannii (2245) | C. burmannii |
| CM-3 | Indonesian “Korintje” Cassia Cinnamon | NA | stick | C. burmannii (2892), C. loureiroi or C. cassia (91) | C. burmannii |
| CM-4 | Cassia Bark Korintje Cinnamon | NA | chip | C. burmannii (6846), C. loureiroi or C. cassia (25), other plants (79) | C. burmannii |
| CM-5 | Organic Korintje Cinnamon | Indonesia | powder | C. burmannii (571), C. loureiroi or C. cassia (1808) | ND |
| CM-6 | Organic Vietnamese Cinnamon | NA | powder | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (3985) | C. loureiroi |
| CM-7 | Saigon Cinnamon | NA | powder | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (1138), C. burmannii (42) | C. loureiroi |
| CM-8 | Saigon Cinnamon Sticks | NA | stick | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (528) | C. loureiroi |
| CM-9 | Cassia Bark | China | chip | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (3697) | C. cassia |
| CM-10 | Chinese Cinnamon Bark | NA | chip | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (6457), other plants (3015) | C. cassia |
| CM-11 | Chinese Cinnamon | NA | powder | C. loureiroi or C. cassia (4645), other plants (182) | C. cassia |
| CM-12 | Ceylon Cinnamon | Sri Lanka | stick | C. verum (3569), other plants (4) | C. verum |
| CM-13 | Ceylon Cinnamon Powder, Certified Organic, Cinnamomum verum | NA | powder | C. verum (5305), other plants (3013) | C. verum |
| CM-14 | Organic Ceylon Cinnamon Powder | Sri Lanka | powder | C. verum (3402), other plants (306) | C. verum |
a
NA: not available
b
ND: not determined