Cinnamomum aromaticum

Cassia oil (Chinese ciimamon oil) is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves, twigs, and bark of Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees (C. cassia Bl., Lauraceae). It is a reddish-brown liquid with a sweet-spicy, cinnamon-like odor. 

Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees. C. cassia Presl. Gui Zhi (Cinnamon) (twig, bark) Cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, cinnamic acid, eugenol, phellandrene, phenylpropyl alcohol, coumarin, cinnamic aldehyde, orthomethylcoumaric aldehyde.33-49-254-435-510 Antibacterial, vasodilatation, aromatic stomachic, astringent, tonic, analgesic, stimulate human lymphocytes to proliferate. 

Cinnamomum aromaticum, C. cassia, Daemonorops draco, Lycium chinense... 

Aucklandia costus, A. lappa, Cinnamomum aromaticum, C. cassia, Coriandrum sativum, Saussurea japonica, S. lappa, Valeriana alternifolia, V amurensis, V. fauriei, V subbipinnatifolia, Xanthoxylum piperitum, Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Zingiber officinale Cunninghamia lanceolata Phellodendmn amurense, P. chinensis Angelica amurensis, A. anomala, A. dahurica Sphenomeris chusana... 

Source Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees (C. cassia Blume) (Lauraceae). The evergreen tree or shrub is native to south China the plant is also cultivated in Japan, Indonesia, Central and South America. 

Oil of cassia, Chinese type (Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees, syn. Cin-namomum cassia Nees ex Blume)... 

Production By steam distillation from leaves, twigs, young branches, and bark of the Chinese cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum, synonym C. cassia, Lau-raceae), also known as Chinese cinnamon leaf (bark) oil. 

Definition Cassia oil is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves and young branches of Cinnamomum cassia Blume Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees). 

Cinnamomum cassia Blume Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees)... 

Cinnamomum aromaticum Nees (Lauraceae) proved to be a contact insecticide to T. castaneum and S. zeamais (Huang and Ho, 1998). C. cassia and C. sieboldii proved to have pesticidal action against S. oryzae and Callosobruchus chinensis (Kim et al., 2003b). Cinnamaldehyde causes acaricidal effects on T. putrescentiae, especially in closed containers (Kim et al., 2004). C. camphora (L.) J. Presl causes mortality to D. gallinae and can be used as acaricide against them (Kim et al., 2007). 

An important compound of this group of apocarotenoids is the Cu apocarotenoid dihydroactindiolide presenting a cooling effect in the oral cavity. Dihydroactindiolide typically occurs as a constituent of tomato, black tea and tobacco odour. It is also a component of cassia oil, which is the oil of Chinese cinnamon called cassia Cinnamomum aromaticum, syn. C. cassia, Lauraceae), and the wax... 

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