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