Species:Cinnamomum

Scientific Classification (based on APG-II and Taxonomicon)
division Jpn. 門	Tracheophyta 維管束植物門
class Jpn. 綱	Magnoliopsida モクレン綱
subclass Jpn. 亜綱	Magnoliidae モクレン亜綱
order Jpn. 目	Laurales クスノキ目
suborder Jpn. 亜目	[[:Category:|]]
infraorder Jpn. 下目	[[:Category:|]]
parvorder Jpn. 小目	[[:Category:|]]
superfamily Jpn. 上科	[[:Category:|]]
family Jpn. 科	Lauraceae クスノキ科
subfamily Jpn. 亜科	[[:Category:|]]
tribe Jpn. 族	[[:Category:|]]
subtribe Jpn. 亜族	[[:Category:|]]
genus Jpn. 属	Cinnamomum

Species-Flavonoid Relationship Reported

Species ID Metabolite Name Reference Cinnamomum sieboldii FL63ACNS0002 (-)-Epicatechin Clark-Lewis_JW 1960 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL63ACNS0001 (+) -Catechin Hardegger_E et al. 1957 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0029 Kaempferitrin Hattori_S et al. 1940 Cinnamomum spp. FL7AACGL0002 Cyanidin 3-rutinoside Hayashi_K et al. 1954 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0023 Kaempferol 3-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside-7-rhamnoside Imperato_F 1979 Cinnamomum spp. FL7AACGL0002 Cyanidin 3-rutinoside Kamsteeg._J et al. 1978 Cinnamomum cassia FL63DCNS0001 3',4'-Methylenedioxy epicatechin 5,7-dimethyl ether Miyamura_M et al. 1983 Cinnamomum cassia FL63ACGS0006 Epicatechin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside Morimoto_S et al. 1986 Cinnamomum cassia FL63ACCS0001 6-C-Glucopyranosylepicatechin Morimoto_S et al. 1986 Cinnamomum cassia FL63ACCS0002 8-C-Glucopyranosylepicatechin Morimoto_S et al. 1986 Cinnamomum obtusifolium FL63ACGS0012 Catechin 5-O- (2-feruloyl-6-p-coumaroyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside) Morimoto_S et al. 1986 Cinnamomum cassia FL63AENS0001 Catechin 4'-methyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum cassia FL63DENS0001 Catechin 5,7,4'-trimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum cassia FL63CENS0001 Catechin 7,4'-dimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum cassia FL63BDNS0001 Epicatechin 5,3'-dimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum cassia FL63DDNS0002 Epicatechin 5,7,3'-trimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum cassia FL63ADNS0001 Symplocosidin Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum obtusifolium FL63BDNS0001 Epicatechin 5,3'-dimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum obtusifolium FL63DDNS0002 Epicatechin 5,7,3'-trimethyl ether Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum obtusifolium FL63ADNS0001 Symplocosidin Morimoto_S et al. 1985 Cinnamomum camphora FL63DDNS0002 Epicatechin 5,7,3'-trimethyl ether Mukherjee_RK et al. 1994 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0023 Kaempferol 3-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside-7-rhamnoside Nakano_K et al. 1983 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0039 Kaempferol 3-apiosyl- (1->2) -alpha-L-arabinofuranoside-7-rhamnoside Nakano_K et al. 1983 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0041 Kaempferol 3-glucosyl- (1->3) -rhamnoside-7-rhamnoside Nakano_K et al. 1983 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL5FAAGS0029 Kaempferitrin Perkin_AG 1907 Cinnamomum sieboldii FL63ACNS0001 (+) -Catechin Perkin_AG et al. 1902 Cinnamomum cassia FL63DCNS0001 3',4'-Methylenedioxy epicatechin 5,7-dimethyl ether Suarez 1988 Cinnamomum cassia FL63ADNS0001 Symplocosidin Tschesche_R et al. 1980 Cinnamomum obtusifolium FL63ADNS0001 Symplocosidin Tschesche_R et al. 1980

• 生薬の桂皮はニッケイ(Cinnamomum cassia Blume)の樹皮である。

Scientific Names and Images 学名と画像

With permission from Shigenobu AOKI (Botanical Garden). Japanese names are links to pictures. (和名が画像へのリンク)

• Cinnamomum iners イヌニッケイ（犬肉桂）
• Cinnamomum cassia シナニッケイ（支那肉桂）
• Cinnamomum zeylanicum セイロンニッケイ（セイロン肉桂）

Japanese Common Names

シナモン

Edibility, Medicinal Usage (食品,薬品用途)

For comprehensive information, visit Cinnamomum page. All genera with edibility information is here. (BY Shigehiko Kanaya)

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

[香辛料]樹皮を香辛料に用いる。 [原産]中国南部からベトナム。紀元前4000年ごろからエジプトでミイラの防腐剤として使用。中国では薬学書「神農本草経」（後漢時代、25年ｸA群20年）に記載されている。[日本伝来]日本には8世紀前半に伝来し、正倉院の御物の中に残されている。江戸時代、亨保年間に樹木が伝来。

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