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Planta Med 1972; 21(4): 416-420
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099572
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STUDIES ON CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM – Part I. The Essential Oil Components of C. zeylanicum Nees Grown in Ghana

J. E. Angmor, D. M. Dicks, W. C. Evans, D. K. Santra
  • Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, U. K. and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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14 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

The production of essential oil in various morphological parts of C. zeylanicum grown in Ghana has been studied; the compositions of the oils have been determined by gas chromatography. Camphor has been isolated as a major component of the root–bark oil. The low aldehyde content of the bark oil, compared with pharmacopoeial requirements can be attributed to the presence of cinnamyl acetate, a component of bark oil not previously reported; it is present in very variable amount but its presence does not appear to impair the flavour of the oil.

The leaf petioles possess oil having essentially the same composition as that of the bark; typical components of the leaf oil occur in the lamina. In composition the leaf oil of Ghanaian samples is similar to that of the commercial leaf oil.

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