桂皮油B.P.C.是从锡兰桂的内皮中提取的。锡兰桂在斯里兰卡、印度和塞舌尔群岛均有商业性栽培,在其他热带国家也广泛种植。桂皮醛是这种油的主要成分(B.P.C.约70%) 1972年对从加纳为商业目的而种的桂树提取的桂皮油的调查中,我们注意到从鲜皮样品中提取的油,常含高比例的醋酸桂皮酯(6—26%)。我们认为,这种成分正是使(Talalaj1967年报道过)加纳桂油低醛含量 Cinnamon oil B.P.C. is extracted from the endothelium of Cinnamomum burmanii. Ceylon is commercially cultivated in Sri Lanka, India and the Seychelles, and is widely cultivated in other tropical countries. Cinnamaldehyde is the main component of this oil (about 70% of BPC). In 1972, when investigating the cinnamon oil extracted from the laurel tree grown for commercial purposes in Ghana, we noticed that the oil extracted from fresh skin samples often contains A high proportion of cinnamyl acetate (6-26%). We believe that this ingredient is what made Talalaj (reported in 1967) Ghana cinnamon low aldehyde content