Cinnamon leaf essential oil

Cinnamon leaf essential oil is a clear mobile liquid, light to dark amber in colour, with a characteristic spice like odour, derived from the leaves and bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume / Cinnamomum verum [also referred to as the Sri Lanka / Ceylon type] of the Lauraceae family. The main active ingredient(s) in a typical oil sample are phenols (minimum 70%) namely: Eugenol (70 – 83%), trans Cinnamic aldehyde (1 – 1.5%), trans Cinnamyl acetate (1.1 – 1.8%), Eugenyl acetate (1 – 3%), and Benzyl benzoate (2 – 4%).