Nutritional Value and Volatile Composition of Leaf and Bark of Cinnamomum tamalafrom Uttarakhand (India)

AbstractCinnamomum tamalaleaf and bark are very popular for their used as spices due to its spicy odour. The plant leaf and bark are also used widely in pharmaceutical preparation because of therapeutic and nutritive efficacy against various diseases and disorders due to presence of different phytochemicals and mineral nutrients. The leaf and bark samples of C. tamalawere collected from Uttarakhand and cinnamon bark from market and analyzed for proximate, minerals content and essential oil compositions. The results revealed that the C. tamalaleaves and bark collected from Uttarakhand was the most superior in proximate values (total ash, dietary fibre, protein and fat content), vitamins (ascorbic acid, niacin and traces in riboflavin and folates) and minerals nutrients content (macro nutrients like Ca, Mg, P, K and Na and micro nutrients like Fe and Zn content) as compared to leaf and bark samples collected from the market. Whereas, in case of essential oil composition, both leaf and bark samples of C. tamalacollected from Uttarakhand and bark samples C. tamalacollected from market were found rich in cinnamaldehyde (68.66%, 64.79% and 90.48% respectively), while, leaf samples of C. tamalacollected from market was rich in eugenol (72.6%).