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Cinnamaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula or C₆H₅CH=CHCHO. Occurring naturally as predominantly the trans ( E ) isomer, it gives cinnamon its flavor and odor . [ 1 ] It is a phenylpropanoid that is naturally synthesized by the shikimate pathway . [ 2 ]
The commercial material often contains low levels of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol as a stabilizer. It is a derivative of cinnamaldehyde with a hexyl substituent. One supplier reported that its hexyl cinnamaldehyde (or "hexyl cinnamic aldehyde") contained at least 90% trans isomer. [2]
Cinnamyl alcohol or styron [2] is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when pure, or a yellow oil when even slightly impure.
Cinnamaldehyde decomposes, in high humidity and high temperatures, to styrene, [51] and, by reaction with oxygen as it ages, it darkens in colour and forms resinous compounds. [ 10 ] [ 52 ] Cinnamon constituents include some 80 aromatic compounds , [ 53 ] including eugenol, found in the oil from leaves or bark of cinnamon trees.
Toxic exposure is never a good thing, Kaden says, but “the dose makes the poison.” Groups like Valisure, she says, don’t always make that clear enough in their messaging to the public.
Other bioactive compounds found in the bark, powder and essential oils of C. cassia are cinnamaldehyde and styrene. In high doses, these substances can also be toxic to humans. In high doses, these substances can also be toxic to humans.
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