Nat Prod Sci.  2022 Jun;28(2):75-79. 10.20307/nps.2022.28.2.75.

A Comparison of Phenolic Components in Cinnamon Medicines

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Oriental Medical Food & nutrition, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea
  • 2Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
  • 3International Education College, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China

Abstract

As a result of comparing the phenolic components of cinnamon medicines, the total phenolic component content of Cinnamomi Cortex in China was about 2.65 times higher than that of Cinnamomi Cortex in Vietnam. In addition, the total phenolic component content of Vietnamese Cinnamomi Cortex Spissus was about 1.80 times higher than that of Chinese Cinnamomi Cortex Spissus. Meanwhile, Vietnamese Cinnamomi Ramulus showed a content about 3.29 times higher than that of Chinese Cinnamomi Ramulus. Cinnamaldehyde, the main component of cinnamon medicines, showed the same tendency as the total phenolic component content. In terms of the average content of the total phenolic components, Cinnamomi Cortex showed the highest content at 23964 μg/g, followed by Cinnamomi Cortex Spissus at 17489 μg/g and Cinnamomi Ramulus at 5435.8 μg/g. These results showed that Cinnamomi Cortex and Cinnamomi Cortex Spissus with stem bark as usage sites had about 3.22 to 4.41 times higher content of phenolic components than Cinnamomi Ramulus with young branches as usage sites.

Keyword

Phenolic component content; Cinnamon medicines; Cinnamomi Cortex; Cinnamomi Cortex Spissus; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Cinnamaldehyde
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