Name:  Cinnamon Bark Essential oil, Indonesia

Species:  Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon bark) oil

Plant Part:  Bark

Extraction Method:  Steam Distilled

Country of Origin:  Indonesia

Colour:  Golden Yellow to Brown

Note:  Base

Strength of Aroma:  Strong

Aromatic Description:  The aroma is strong, warm and spicy and has a tenacious sweetness. 

Blends well with:

Safety precautions:  Extreme skin irritant due to the cinnamic aldehyde.  Use highly diluted, avoid in early pregnancy.  Sensitizer.

Common Uses:   Constipation, exhaustion, flatulence, lice, low blood pressure, rheumatism, scabies, stress.

Other information:   The bark oil, although more dangerous and should be used with extreme care, is preferred over the leaf oil.

Biochemicals:

• Monoterpenes:  B-phellandrene, limonene, p-cymene
• Esters: benzyl benzoate, 2-phenyl ethyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, cinnamyl acetate
• Aldehydes: cinnamaldehyde (<75%),hydroxycinnamaldehyde, benzaldehyde, cuminaldehyde
• Alcohols: 2-phenylethyl, cinnamic, benzyl alcohol, linalool, a-terpineol, borneol
• Coumarins: coumarin (>1%)
• Phenols: (up to 10% eugenol, isoeugenol, phenol, 2-vinyl-phenol, camphor
• Sesquiterpene: B-caryophyllene

Class:  Aldehyde

CAS#:  8015-91-6