TABLE 2.
Mean concentrations (M) and corresponding standard deviations (SD) of metabolites contained in cinnamon extracts dissolved in CD3OD as determined from 1H-NMR spectra. Concentrations of metabolites are expressed in mg/g of extract. M and SD of the extraction yields are also reported. Results are reported as the mean and SD of three independent experiments.
| CZE | CZHE | CZH | CCE | CCHE | CCH | BCE | BCHE | BCH | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Acetate | 8.23 | 1.25 | 0.92 | 0.42 | 1.57 | 0.99 | 2.04 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.17 | 2.53 | 0.99 | 3.50 | 0.54 | 5.92 | 2.25 |
| Benzoic acid | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.70 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 2.43 | 0.90 | 1.39 | 0.93 | 0.74 | 0.81 | 1.91 | 1.32 | 0.65 | 0.84 | 0.55 | 0.41 |
| 2,3-Butanediol | 2.64 | 0.31 | ND | ND | 0.91 | 0.40 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.21 | ND | ND |
| β-Caryophyllene | 27.25 | 9.01 | 3.55 | 2.51 | 3.98 | 1.94 | 14.53 | 2.49 | 2.09 | 1.55 | 3.11 | 0.77 | 28.29 | 8.70 | 12.65 | 3.23 | 8.02 | 0.33 |
| Choline | 1.05 | 0.66 | 1.64 | 0.46 | 1.68 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 1.91 | 0.17 | 2.63 | 0.44 | 1.42 | 0.50 | 2.31 | 0.80 | 2.79 | 0.07 |
| (E)-Cinnamaldehyde | 156.65 | 38.98 | 9.72 | 6.59 | 57.24 | 21.76 | 151.31 | 15.53 | 33.86 | 19.54 | 59.15 | 9.47 | 130.93 | 7.09 | 49.31 | 15.29 | 29.96 | 8.41 |
| Cinnamaldehyde dimethyl acetal | 42.26 | 10.93 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 10.36 | 5.04 | 3.11 | 2.23 | 4.39 | 1.13 | 14.26 | 1.78 | ND | ND | 3.42 | 1.70 |
| Cinnamic acid | 11.35 | 5.70 | 7.12 | 4.76 | 4.77 | 2.31 | 3.11 | 2.17 | 6.47 | 2.02 | 4.72 | 2.43 | 6.75 | 5.60 | 11.24 | 4.85 | 10.62 | 2.27 |
| (Z)-Cinnamaldehyde | 2.09 | 1.48 | 1.56 | 2.21 | 0.81 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.44 | 3.30 | 2.53 | 0.54 | 0.19 | 0.94 | 0.21 | 0.61 | 0.26 | 1.51 | 0.96 |
| Coumarin | 0.96 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.90 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Eugenol | 14.23 | 0.70 | 7.92 | 0.80 | 7.65 | 2.13 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Formate | ND | ND | 0.93 | 1.04 | 0.46 | 0.45 | ND | ND | 3.59 | 1.37 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.31 | 0.52 | 0.21 | 0.59 | 0.28 |
| Galactose | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 10.66 | 3.23 | 16.62 | 6.03 | ND | ND | 22.98 | 3.61 |
| Glucose | 57.97 | 32.30 | 27.36 | 15.77 | 28.86 | 8.55 | 65.78 | 19.52 | 68.86 | 6.93 | 74.74 | 20.77 | 93.96 | 21.97 | 72.62 | 21.11 | 88.96 | 1.94 |
| Glycerol | ND | ND | ND | ND | 4.44 | 6.28 | 19.71 | 9.14 | 12.73 | 0.44 | 15.84 | 3.65 | 9.83 | 4.79 | 10.40 | 5.00 | 16.99 | 0.14 |
| 2-Hydroxycinnamaldehyde | 3.50 | 2.27 | ND | ND | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.36 | 0.46 | 5.52 | 3.90 | 0.67 | 0.45 | 0.84 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 2.04 | 1.33 |
| Methyl salicylate | 19.31 | 2.57 | 12.24 | 2.49 | 3.46 | 0.99 | 28.84 | 1.85 | 27.79 | 1.42 | 14.98 | 1.98 | 24.75 | 1.82 | 17.99 | 1.82 | 9.75 | 1.88 |
| 2-Methoxycinnamaldehyde | ND | ND | 5.43 | 5.47 | 2.16 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.78 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 11.94 | 1.66 | 5.46 | 1.96 | 0.89 | 0.58 |
| Phenylalanine | 91.96 | 12.19 | ND | ND | 32.23 | 8.55 | 42.99 | 6.11 | ND | ND | 14.02 | 0.27 | 53.96 | 4.98 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Shikimic acid | 21.17 | 12.12 | 8.99 | 4.78 | 7.92 | 3.16 | 6.82 | 1.76 | 5.65 | 0.90 | 10.39 | 1.54 | 21.74 | 12.33 | 24.50 | 12.56 | 33.63 | 2.97 |
| Succinate | 1.18 | 0.67 | 0.94 | 0.63 | 1.31 | 0.59 | 0.93 | 0.32 | 0.71 | 0.28 | 1.11 | 0.38 | 1.10 | 0.24 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 1.75 | 0.22 |
| Sucrose | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 2.61 | 2.09 | 9.24 | 8.22 | 6.18 | 4.40 | 7.69 | 1.52 |
| Extraction yield % | 5.74 | 1.09 | 6.95 | 1.50 | 4.43 | 0.82 | 11.44 | 1.36 | 13.42 | 3.46 | 10.01 | 1.71 | 16.59 | 0.61 | 18.51 | 2.13 | 13.07 | 1.96 |
ND: not detectable because under the detection limit or in a too crowded spectral area. BC: Cinnamomum cassia buds; CC: Cinnamomum cassia bark; CZ: Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark (CZ). E: alcoholic extraction in ethanol; HE: hydroalcoholic extraction in water (pH 4.5)/ethanol 7:3; H: aqueous extraction.