Cinnamomum loureiroi (bark)
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| 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.}} | ||
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| flavor=Sweetish, armoatic, pungent. | | flavor=Sweetish, armoatic, pungent. | ||
| scent=Aromatic.}} | | scent=Aromatic.}} | ||
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| 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. | | 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. | | 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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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.