Cinnamon is one spice that is often used as an addition to flavor or fragrance of food or hot drinks. Not only that, cinnamon turned out to have other benefits for the body.
Cinnamon contains substances called cinnamaldehyde. A spicy flavor that feels when tasting cinnamon comes from a substance called beta-caryophyllene. While linalool, giving a little flower scent sharp. Other substances, such as eugenol, anethole cinnamyl acetate, also a maker unique aroma and taste of cinnamon. Contents are present only in some other plants, such as nutmeg, cloves, and hemp.
Cinnamon is also believed to contain rich antioxidants that can fight free radicals destroying the body's cells. Others, cinnamon also has antimicrobial bladder, antiseptic, anti-fungal, antibiotics, stimulants, and others. These substances make cinnamon effective for treating some types of infection, and even believed to also be able to help cognitive processes.
However, cinnamon also has a substance called coumarin, which can be toxic to the kidneys and the liver if consumed in excessive amounts. The Germany Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, said that the consumption of coumarin should not exceed the capacity of 0.1 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. Excessive consumption of cinnamon may also cause nausea, vomiting, facial flushing, swollen lips, burning sensation in the lungs and chest if inhaled.
Habitat :
Grows wild in fields and forests at 1-1200 m altitude above sea level.
Part of plant used :
- Bark
Ingredients :
- Sinamaldehid compounds.
- Volatile oil
- Eugenol
- Safrole
- Tannin
- Calcium oxalate
- Resin
Usefulness :
Until now still looking for the possibility of cinnamon to serve as a cure for cancer. Another possibility is still studied cinnamon as lowering high cholesterol.
Cinnamon contains substances called cinnamaldehyde. A spicy flavor that feels when tasting cinnamon comes from a substance called beta-caryophyllene. While linalool, giving a little flower scent sharp. Other substances, such as eugenol, anethole cinnamyl acetate, also a maker unique aroma and taste of cinnamon. Contents are present only in some other plants, such as nutmeg, cloves, and hemp.
Cinnamon is also believed to contain rich antioxidants that can fight free radicals destroying the body's cells. Others, cinnamon also has antimicrobial bladder, antiseptic, anti-fungal, antibiotics, stimulants, and others. These substances make cinnamon effective for treating some types of infection, and even believed to also be able to help cognitive processes.
However, cinnamon also has a substance called coumarin, which can be toxic to the kidneys and the liver if consumed in excessive amounts. The Germany Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, said that the consumption of coumarin should not exceed the capacity of 0.1 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. Excessive consumption of cinnamon may also cause nausea, vomiting, facial flushing, swollen lips, burning sensation in the lungs and chest if inhaled.
Habitat :
Grows wild in fields and forests at 1-1200 m altitude above sea level.
Part of plant used :
- Bark
Ingredients :
- Sinamaldehid compounds.
- Volatile oil
- Eugenol
- Safrole
- Tannin
- Calcium oxalate
- Resin
Usefulness :
Until now still looking for the possibility of cinnamon to serve as a cure for cancer. Another possibility is still studied cinnamon as lowering high cholesterol.
