The use of cinnamon as a spice and flavouring agent is widespread throughout the world. Many different species of plants are commonly referred to as 'cinnamon'. 'True cinnamon' refers to the dried inner bark of Cinnamomum verum J. S. Presl (syn. C. zeylanicum) (Lauraceae). Other 'cinnamon' species, C. cassia (Nees & T. Nees) J. Presl (syn. C. aromaticum Nees) (Chinese cassia), C. loureiroi Nees...

The efficacy of methanolic extracts and powders of 12 spices (Pimpinella anisum, Scorodophleuszenkeii, Xylopiaparviflora, Eugenia caryophyllus, Fagara leprieurii, Fagara macrophylla, Monodora myristica, Olax subscorpioidea, Xylopiaaethiopica, Allium sativum, Zinziber officinale and Cinnamomum zeylanicum) in stabilizing crude soyabean oil during accelerated storage was assessed. The phytochemica...

by producing reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, metal-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity alter dna bases, increase  lipid peroxidation, and change calcium and sulfhydryl homeostasis. the purpose of the study was to investigate putative effects of lemon balm and cinnamomum zeylanicum on the blood markers of welding workers. we measured nickel and chromium levels, biochemical parameters, blo...

background and objectives: food poisoning has been always a major concern in health system of every community and cream-filled products are one of the most widespread food poisoning causes in humans. in present study, we examined the preservative effect of the cinnamon oil in cream-filled cakes. methods: antimicrobial activity of cinnamomum verum j. presl (cinnamon) bark essential oil was examin...

the effect of cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil (czeo) at two concentrations (0.02% and 0.04% v/w) on chemical composition, ph, water activity (aw), lipid oxidation, color stability and sensory characteristics of lyoner-type sausage stored at 4 ˚c for 40 days was investigated. the moisture content of the control sample was higher (p < 0.05) than czeo incorporated samples, while fat, ash and p...

Two new species of endemic Chinese leafhopper genera (Flexocerus Kuoh & Fang and Idioceroides Matsumura), F. sinuatus sp. nov. and I. petaliformis sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Keys to species for both genera are provided.

This paper is a response to Pan Wei’s rule of law regime reform proposal. It agrees with Pan that the direction of political reform taken and discussed inside China is indeed different from the democratization that has been pushed by outside pro-democracy activists, including Chinese dissidents. While some Chinese scholars and think-tank analysts talk about political reform, they are not propos...

Hexavalent chromium trioxide is known to cause diseases like cancer and specific biological effects on the respiratory system. It induces oxidative stress and lead to formation of stable Cr-DNA adducts that contribute to its cytotoxic and genotoxic effects. In the present study, the antigenotoxic effects of Indian spices viz. Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry and Cinnamomum tamala Nees & E...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the inhibitory activities of methanolic extracts of Artocarpus altilis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Piper betel and Artocarpus heterophyllus on Wheat alpha amylase and Baker’s yeast alpha glucosidase at varying concentrations. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical condition characterized by hyperglycaemia in which an elevated amount of glucose circulates in the blood p...

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of culinary spices like Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum), Star anise (Illicum verum Hook fruit) and Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) against some of the common fish bacterial pathogens like Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas salmonicida and Edwardsiella tarda were explored by finding minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). A twofold serial dilution of compounds ...