Studies on the Physicochemical Parameters of the Fixed Oils of Cinnamonum Zeylanicum
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The present work was carried out to analyze the physicochemical parameters of fixed oils of Cinnamonum zeylanicum. The oil was extracted from freshly bark of Cinnamonum zeylanicum with petroleum ether using Soxhlet apparatus. Cinnamonum zeylanicum bark possessed (47.39%) yield of absolute oil. The relative density of the fixed oil was found to be 0.96. The Physico-chemical properties of the extracted oil like Richter Meissel value (2.55 ± 0.01), Saponification value (84.15 ± 0.01), Iodine value (16.11 ± 0.02), Acid value (38.14 ± 0.05), Ester value (46.01 ± 0.08), Peroxide value (10.3 ± 0.08) and un-saponification value of (21.00 ±0.03) was determined. Awareness of medicinal plants usage is a result of the many years of struggles against illnesses due to which man learned to pursue drugs in barks, seeds, fruit bodies, and other parts of the plants. Contemporary science has acknowledged their active action, and it has included in modern pharmacotherapy a range of drugs of plant origin, known by ancient civilizations and used throughout the millennia. The knowledge of the development of ideas related to the usage of medicinal plants as well as the evolution of awareness has increased the ability of pharmacists and physicians to respond to the challenges that have emerged with the spreading of professional services in facilitation of man’s life. While the old peoples used medicinal plants primarily as simple pharmaceutical formsinfusions, decoctions and macerations in the Middle Ages, and in particular between 16th and 18th centuries, the demand for compound drugs was increasing. The compound drugs comprised medicinal plants along with drugs of animal and plant origin. If the drug the was produced from a number of medicinal plants, rare animals, and minerals, it was highly valued and sold expensively The bark and the leaves of Cinnamonum sp are commonly used as spices in home kitchens and their distilled essential oils are used as flavoring agent in the food & beverage industries. The chemical analysis of the oils from both the sources revealed that the active oil contained 74% cinnamaldehyde, compared to only 8.3% in the inactive oil as shown by S. Elumalai, R. Kesavan, S. Ramganesh, R. Murugasen [1]. Cinnamon has been reported to have remarkable pharmacological effects in the treatment of type II diabetes and insulin resistance. Essential oils of cinnamon species have lot of biological activities including antimicrobial, antioxidant and antifungal properties. Furthermore, cytotoxic and apoptotic activities of several constituents were identified throughout its biological properties. In the present paper, essential oil (EO) obtained by hydrodistillation of leaves of Cinnamonum zeylanicum Blume (Lauraceae) collected respectively at Cocotomey (Atlantique, Southern Benin) was analyzed using capillary GC and GC/MS, by Yehouenou Boniface, Sessou Philippe [2]. Sessou Philippe, Farougou Souaïbou, and Sohounhloué Dominique [3] was to assess in vitro antifungal activity of essential oils extracted from fresh leaves of Cinnamonum zeylanicum and Ocimum gratissimum obtained by hydro distillation. The potential of Cinnamon essential oil as a natural insecticide and ant repellent was studied by Nur Nasulhah Kasim, Syarifah Nursyimi Azlina Syed Ismail, N.D. Masdar, Fatimah Ab Hamid, W.I Nawawi [4]. Cinnamonum zeylanicum also called as Cinnamon bark is the dried inner bark of the coppiced trees, belonging to the family Lauraceae. It is considered to be native of Sri Lanka and Malabar Coast of India. It contains tannins and flavonoids which have been reported by Patel Mitul, Mukund Handral [5] to have anti-venom activity.
Authors and Affiliations
M Amin Mir, Rahilla Farooq, MMS Jassal, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sandeep Kaur, Deepa Mishra
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- EP ID EP567154
- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000118
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