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Journal Article 
Composition and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of cinnamon (cinnamomum zeylanicum blume) leaves from Sri Lanka 
Schmidt, E; Jirovetz, L; Buchbauer, G; Eller, GA; Stoilova, I; Krastanov, A; Stoyanova, A; Geissler, M 
2006 
Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants
ISSN: 0972-060X
EISSN: 0976-5026 
9 
2 
170-182 
English 
The composition of the volatiles from leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume from Sri Lanka was studied by GC-FID and GC-MS. The basic component of the oil was found to be eugenol (74.9%), followed by β-caryophyllene (4.1%), benzyl benzoate (3.0%), linalool (2.5%), eugenyl acetate (2.1%) and cinnamyl acetate (1.8%). The essential leaf oil from cinnamon demonstrated scavenger activity against the DPPH radical at concentrations which are lower than the concentrations of eugenol, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). This essential cinnamon oil showed also a significant inhibitory effect on hydroxyl radicals and acted as an iron chelator. Cinnamon leaf oil efficiently inhibited the formation of conjugated dienes and the generation of secondary products from lipid peroxidation at a concentration equivalent to that of the standard BHT. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 
Antioxidant activities; Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume; Composition of volatiles; Essential leaf oil; Lauraceae