Cinnamon: A Multifaceted Medicinal Plant

Table 1

Chemical constituents of different parts of cinnamon [136] (Vangalapati et al., 2012 [2]).

Part of the plant	Compound
Leaves	Cinnamaldehyde: 1.00 to 5.00%
	Eugenol: 70.00 to 95.00%
Bark	Cinnamaldehyde: 65.00 to 80.00%
	Eugenol: 5.00 to 10.00%
Root bark	Camphor: 60.00%
Fruit	trans-Cinnamyl acetate (42.00 to 54.00%); and caryophyllene (9.00 to 14.00%)
C. zeylanicum buds	Terpene hydrocarbons: 78.00%
	alpha-Bergamotene: 27.38%
	alpha-Copaene: 23.05%
	Oxygenated terpenoids: 9.00%
C. zeylanicum flowers	(E)-Cinnamyl acetate: 41.98%
	trans-alpha-Bergamotene: 7.97%
	Caryophyllene oxide: 7.20%