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cinnamon, name for trees and shrubs of the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae (laurel laurel, common name for the Lauraceae, a family of forest trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical SE Asia but also abundant in tropical America. Most have aromatic bark and foliage and are evergreen; deciduous species are usually those that extend into temperate ..... Click the link for more information. family). Cinnamon spice comes chiefly from the Sri Lankan cinnamon (C. zeylanicum), now cultivated in several tropical regions. It is obtained by drying the central part of the bark and is marketed as stick cinnamon or in powdered form. The waste and other parts are used for oil of cinnamon, a medicine and flavoring. Cassia, cassia bark, or Chinese cinnamon (C. cassia) was used in China long before true cinnamon but is now considered an inferior substitute. Cinnamon and cassia (often confused) have been favorite spices since biblical times, used also as perfume and incense. Cinnamon is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Magnoliales, family Lauraceae. cinnamonBushy evergreen tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) of the laurel family. Native to Sri Lanka, India, and Burma, cinnamon is also cultivated in South America and the West Indies for the spice consisting of its dried inner bark. The light-brown spice has a delicately fragrant aroma and warm, sweet flavor. It was once more valuable than gold. Today cinnamon is used to flavor various foods. In Europe and the U.S. it is especially popular in bakery goods. The oil is distilled from bark fragments for use in food, liqueur, perfume, and drugs. cinnamon 1. a tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, having aromatic yellowish-brown bark 2. Saigon cinnamon an E Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum loureirii, the bark of which is used as a cordial and to relieve flatulence 3. any of several similar or related trees or their bark 4. a light yellowish brown cinnamon [′sin·ə·mən] (botany) Cinnamomum zeylanicum.An evergreen shrub of the laurel family (Lauraceae) in the order Magnoliales; a spice is made from the bark. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In addition, secondary product analysis of parts of the downstream portion of the sesquiterpene and triterpene pathways revealed substantial suppression of the major cinnamic and aniscic acid ester secondary product levels compared to non-transgenic and empty vector controls (ref. For all experiments, the reaction mixture, at the incubation times indicated, was added to alpha-cyano-4-hydroxy cinnamic acid (CHCA) at 5 mg/mL in 50% acetonitrile, 0. By using more precise detectors, which defense researchers originally developed for night vision devices, and different matrix molecules based on the perfume compound cinnamic acid, Beavis says he and Chait have refined the Munster team's mass-spectrometer technique into a routine protein-analysis tool. |
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