Cinnamon essential oil information
Cinnamon essential oil is extracted from Cinnamomum of the Lauraceae family. Cinnamon oil has a spicy uplifting scent.
Oil properties
Cinnamon leaf oil its spicy musky smell and the oil’s color varies from yellow for the leaf oil and red-brown for the bark oil
Origin of Cinnamon Oil
A native to Indonesia, but cultivated in Sri Lanka and India, the tree is rust-colored and can grow up to 15 meters (45feet)
Extraction
The leaves and twigs or inner dried bark are subjected to steam distillation. The leaves yield 1.6 – 1.8 % and the bark 0.5 – 1.00 % oil.
Chemical composition
The main chemical components of the essential oil, obtained from the leaves, are eugenol, eugenol acetate, cinnamic aldehyde and benzyl benzoate
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CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS |
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Sample Name |
Oil of Cinnamon Leaf |
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Laboratory ID |
SAS – FCM – 191979 |
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Date |
7/12/2019 |
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Analytical Parameters |
Analytical Method |
Result |
Units |
Limits |
Remarks |
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Acid Value |
ISO 660:1996 |
9.5016 |
mg KOH/g |
Max 4 |
Complies |
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Peroxide Value |
ISO 3961:19998 |
1.9798 |
mEqv/kg |
Max 15 |
Complies |
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Lead |
AOC 994.02 |
<0.01 |
mg/kg |
Max 0.1 |
Complies |
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Copper |
AOAC 942.13 |
<0.01 |
mg/kg |
Max 0.1 |
Complies |
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Total Iron |
AOAC 990.05 |
0.05 |
mg/kg |
Max 5 |
Complies |
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Arsenic |
AOAC 942.13 |
<0.001 |
mg /kg |
Max 0.1 |
Complies |
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Alpha cypermethrin |
AOAC 970.52 |
Nil |
mg/kg |
Nil |
Complies |
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Calcium Arsenate |
SAS-TM-MR-035 |
Nil |
mg/kg |
Nil |
Complies |
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Chlordimeform |
SAS-TM-MR-078 |
Nil |
mg/kg |
Nil |
Complies |
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All Parameters were ana* All Parameters analyzed ” AS IS BASIS “ *Limits based on Codex S * Limits based on Codex Stan 19 & EAS Standard 769. |
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