CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports

Angular rotation at 25º c -1º to +1º
Refractive index at 20º c 1.602 to 1.615
Solubility in 70% alcohol soluble in 2 vols
Heavy metals 0.004 %
Halogens nil
Resin or rosin oils nil
Assay not less than 80%, by volume, of total aldehydes.
CINNAMON LEAF OIL
The British Standards Institution has published a standard BS 2999/3; 1965, FOR
OIL OF CINNAMON LEAF, which is described as ‘the product obtained by steam
distillation of the leaves of Cinnamonum zeylanicum Blume. It shall be reddish- brown
in colour and shall have a cinnamon- clove odour; according to this specification , it shall
have properties shown in table. When tasted by the methods of BS 2073.
The Essential Oil Association of the USA has issued a standard (EOA NO. 56) for
cinnamon leaf oil, which is described as ‘the volatile oil’ obtained from the leaves of the
true cinnamon shrub C. zeylanicum Nees. It is imported from Ceylon, Seychelles
islands, Madagascar and other territories with similar climate’. The oil has the constants
see out in table below.
BRITISH STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CINNAMON LEAF OIL
Optical rotation at 20º c -2.5º to +2º
Refractive index at 20º c 1.530 to 1.540
Solubility in 70%(v/v) soluble in 2 vols, sometimes with opalescence.
Ethanol at 20º c
• applicable to oils derived from the above botanical sps., but of
unknown geographical origin.
Apparent density (mass per ml) at 20º Celcius
Origin of oil Minimum (g/ml) Maximum (g/ml)
Ceylon
Madagascar
South India
1.034
1.032
1.034
1.050
1.052
1.050