Cinnamomum loureiroi (bark)
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| − | + | {{nomenclature | binomial=Cinnamomum loureirii | |
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| − | + | |family=Lauraceae | |
| + | |scn=Saigon cinnamon | ||
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| + | =Botanical Voucher Specimen= | ||
| + | =Organoleptic Characteristics= | ||
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| + | {{Organolepsy| source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | ||
| color=Rather dark cinnamon brown (reddish brown). | | color=Rather dark cinnamon brown (reddish brown). | ||
| flavor=Sweet, very pungent, astringent. | | flavor=Sweet, very pungent, astringent. | ||
| − | | scent=Fragrant, very aromatic. | + | | scent=Fragrant, very aromatic.}} |
| + | {{Organolepsy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
| + | | flavor=Sweetish, armoatic, pungent. | ||
| + | | scent=Aromatic.}} | ||
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| + | =Macroscopic Characteristics= | ||
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| + | {{Macroscopy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
| + | | description='''Plants:''' Handsome evergreen trees, 6-9 M. (20-30°) high, trunk .3-.5 M. (12-18') thick, young twigs slightly quadrangular; leaves coriaceous, 3-5-nerved, but only midrib reaches apex, bright glossy-green above, glaucous beneath, 10-20 Cm. (4-8') long; flowers Jan.-March, small, hermaphrodite or polygamous, fleshy, black, ovoid, size of small olive, adhering, like acorn, to cup-shaped perianth. | ||
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| + | '''Bark:''' (''C. Loureirii, + --?''): ''Saigon'', in quills, 30 Cm. (12') long, 3-30 Mm. (1/8-1 1/5') broad; bark .5-3 Mm. (1/50-1/8') thick, light brown, dark purplish-brown with grayish patches of folaceous lichens and numerous bud-scars, finely wrinkled, especially that of younger twigs, otherwise rough from corky patches surrounding the lenticels; inner surface reddish-brown, granular, slightly striate; fracture short--inner bark porus from large oil and mucilage cells, and separated from the outer by a layer of stone cells. | ||
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| + | =Microscopic Characteristics= | ||
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| + | {{Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | ||
| characteristics=Histology much like that of [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cassia]]; bast cells somewhat larger. Starch and sclerenchyma cells much as in [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]]. Numerous small epidermal cells with thickened walls. Resin cells and crystals as in the other cinnamons. | | characteristics=Histology much like that of [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cassia]]; bast cells somewhat larger. Starch and sclerenchyma cells much as in [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|Cinnamon aromaticum]]. Numerous small epidermal cells with thickened walls. Resin cells and crystals as in the other cinnamons. | ||
| ash=Ash about 5 per cent. | | ash=Ash about 5 per cent. | ||
| adulterants=Adulterations as for Cassia cinnamon; inferior cassia barks, clove bark, flour, inert vegetable substances. The very best grades [are] used by the Chinese in their medical practices. The Chinese quality test is based upon the thickness of the oil bearing layer of the bark. | | adulterants=Adulterations as for Cassia cinnamon; inferior cassia barks, clove bark, flour, inert vegetable substances. The very best grades [are] used by the Chinese in their medical practices. The Chinese quality test is based upon the thickness of the oil bearing layer of the bark. | ||
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| + | {{Microscopy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
| + | | description=Powder, yellowish-brown; microscopically--numerous starch grains, 0.003-.02 Mm. (1/8325-1/1250') broad, colorless stone cells, numerous cellular reddish-brown fragments, calcium oxalate raphides; ''Saigon'' has many cork cells, ''Ceylon'' [Ed-Syn. ''verum'' in text] few or none, while bast-fibres of former are in groups of 2-20, of latter single and fusiform. | ||
| + | | adulterants=Bark: 1, ''Cassia'' bark, and a closely resembling bark of unknown derivation, having lighter gray color and coarser structure identified by weak odor and taste; possibly unscraped ''Guava'' bark quills, and clove bark; 2, Scarcely possible in the entire state; Powder: That of either variety not found on the market, all so labeled being cassia, which is subject to endless admixtures--chips, siftings, buds, walnut-shells, oil stone, flour, sand, beans, grains, starch, clove buds--exhausted drug, by percolation, distillation; ash (sometimes) 8-10 p. c.; Oil: That distilled from flowers and roots, phenol, oil of clove, petroleum, colophony, lead. | ||
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| + | {{Media2 |cat=Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | ||
| + | | mainimage=Microanalysis_powdered_vegetable_google_ver_cinnamon_loureiroi.png | ||
| + | | description=Saigon Cinnamon (powdered bark) (''Cinnamomum loureiroi''), Lauraceae. (Vietnamese Cassia) | ||
| + | | source2=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | ||
| + | | image2=Microanalysis_powdered_vegetable_google_ver_cinnamon_cassia.png | ||
| + | | caption2=Compare to [[Cinnamomum_aromaticum_(bark)|''Cinnamon aromaticum'']]. | ||
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| + | =High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification= | ||
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| + | =Supplementary Information= | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 9 June 2015
Contents |
Nomenclature
Cinnamomum loureirii Nees Lauraceae
Standardized common name (English): Saigon cinnamon
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
- ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
