Abstract
Cinnamon has been using as a fragrant plant and spice. Cinnamon is a member of family Lauraceae. Cinnamon has been used as a traditional medicine to reduce blood glucose level in diabetes and to control Blood pressure, Tumor Growth, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Cinnamon nutritional composition revealedthat it contained a significant value of mineral, vitamins, and the main bioactive component is cinnamaldehyde. Cinnamon caloric content was determined as ofcarbohydrate (CHO), protein, fat, fiber, moisture and ash. Cinnamon contained the uppermost amount of carbohydrate(53.37%) in T1 and the lowermost amount of ash (1.25%) in T3. The mineral content of macro-elements and micro-elements were determined fromchromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), potassium (K) and sodium (Na). The content of minerals in Cinnamon contained the highest amount of potassium (135.2) in T1 and the lowest sodium in T2. The content of vitaminsin Cinnamon contained the fat-solubleand water-soluble vitamins A, K, E, D, β-caroteneand C, B12, B9, B6, B3, B2, B1were determined. Amongst the vitamins, cinnamon contained the uppermostvalue ofβ-carotene (112) and the lowermostvalue of vitamin B6 (0.158). Bioactive compounds of Cinnamon were determined cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, β-caryophyllene and coumarin. Among the bioactive compounds in Cinnamon contained the uppermostvalue of cinnamaldehyde (64.56). The antioxidant capacity of cinnamon bark extract was (49 μg/mL). Conclusively,cinnamon is enriched with nutritional values. So, it can be used in the treatment of various disease.
Highlights
Cinnamon is commonly known as "Dalcini" [1].The cinnamon name comes from a Greek word meaning sweet wood [2]
Cinnamaldehyde, is a major bioactive component of Cinnamon, is primarily responsible for providing avor, aroma as well as avor in food [6].It provides defense in contradiction of microbial infections, oxidative stress and other chronic diseases [7].It can be added to the diet in the form of whole or ground material ingredients or as extracts or oils found in cinnamon leaves or bark
Spice Cinnamon is responsible for biological functions and possible uses
Summary
Cinnamon is commonly known as "Dalcini" [1].The cinnamon name comes from a Greek word meaning sweet wood [2]. There are about 250 species of the Lauraceae family of Cinnamomum; only a small number of varieties of Cinnamomum are grown for commercial purposes. The diversity of plant chemicals, plant extracts and essential oils are responsible for many biological functions and possible uses [10]. The study aimed to identify the Cinnamon chemical composition as well as mineral pro le to assess its nutritionalvalue,in human health it plays a prominent role as the spice, so aimed to ndthe nutritional composition of cinnamon. Spice Cinnamon is responsible for biological functions and possible uses
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