Chemical Composition of the Flower Oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume

The steam-distilled oil of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) flowers was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. It consists of 23% hydrocarbons and 74% oxygenated compounds. A total of 26 compounds constituting ≈97% of the oil were characterized. (E)-Cinnamyl acetate (41.98%), trans-α-bergamotene (7.97%), and caryophyllene oxide (7.2%) are found to be major compounds. This is the first report on the chemical composition of the flower oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Keywords: Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Lauraceae; (E)-cinnamyl acetate; volatile oil; mono- and sesquiterpene; GC-MS