What is natural Cinnamaldehyde?
Cinnamaldehyde, also known as cinnamon aldehyde, is generally obtained from the steam distillation of cinnamon twigs and leaves (with a content >75%). It is a light yellow oily liquid at room temperature, with a strong cinnamon aroma, sweet and spicy taste, and a burning sensation. Extensive research has found that cinnamaldehyde has bactericidal, disinfectant, and preservative effects, as well as antiviral properties, enhancing gastrointestinal motility, improving feed palatability, promoting animal appetite, increasing feed digestion and utilization rate, and promoting and improving animal growth performance and product quality. Additionally, adding cinnamaldehyde to feed can effectively prevent feed deterioration and extend shelf life. It also has advantages such as no residue and no toxic side effects, which meets the requirements of green animal husbandry and food safety. With the rapid development of animal husbandry, the application prospects of cinnamaldehyde in the feed industry are very broad.
The tan powder in the following figure is the powdered cinnamaldehyde developed by Green Nature. The cinnamaldehyde prepared by a special extraction process retains the overall effect of cinnamon, comprehensively stimulating the gastrointestinal tract of animals. It also has a strong cinnamon aroma, making it an excellent appetite stimulant.
Why natural Cinnamaldehyde is popular in feed additive field?
In recent years, the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock farming, particularly the unscientific misuse, has posed a significant threat of antibiotic resistance to humans. Currently, the European Union has issued regulations prohibiting the addition of antibiotics to feed, and since 2014, the United States has planned to phase out the use of preventive antibiotics in livestock feed within three years. It is imperative for China to restrict the use of antibiotics in poultry and livestock feed. Green, safe, and pollution-free feed additives are expected to become the new favorite in the feed industry. In recent years, the application of traditional Chinese medicine and its extracts has become increasingly widespread in the feed industry due to its natural and residue-free advantages.
Cinnamaldehyde, as a novel feed additive, possesses physiological functions such as antibacterial, antiviral, and is significant in safe animal production. It has received widespread attention in recent years. However, cinnamaldehyde is a liquid at room temperature and requires spraying with a sprayer during mixing, making the operation complex and labor-intensive, which brings considerable trouble to farmers. In order to solve this problem, Green Nature has adopted a special extraction process to produce powdered cinnamaldehyde with an effective ingredient content of 25%, greatly improving the convenience of product mixing.
Where is natural Cinnamaldehyde come from?
Cinnamon is the dried bark of the evergreen tree Cinnamomum cassia of the Lauraceae family. It is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Fujian provinces. Among them, Guangdong and Guangxi account for about 80% of the world's cinnamon oil production, with a small amount cultivated in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces.
What is Main Efficacy and Mechanism of Action of natural Cinnamaldehyde ?
Antibacterial and Antifungal, Effectively Preventing Bacterial and Fungal Diseases:
Cinnamaldehyde has a broad-spectrum bactericidal effect, able to kill the majority of harmful bacterial species in the animal rearing environment, thereby effectively preventing and treating diseases caused by bacterial and fungal infections. The main mechanism of action of cinnamaldehyde in inhibiting bacteria and fungi is that cinnamaldehyde molecules contain an aldehyde group conjugated with a benzene ring. The aldehyde group is a nucleophilic group that is easily adsorbed by hydrophilic groups on the surface of bacteria, penetrating the cell wall, and disrupting the polysaccharide structure of bacteria and fungi, thereby exerting bacteriostatic or bactericidal effects. Since mammals do not have cell walls, cinnamaldehyde does not cause damage to human and animal cells. Additionally, the aldehyde group in cinnamaldehyde can interact with proteins and enzymes in bacteria, disrupting normal bacterial physiological metabolism and exerting bacteriostatic or bactericidal effects.
What is the benefit of natural Cinnamaldehyde?
1. Antiviral, Enhancing Animal Immunity:
Cinnamaldehyde can enhance the immune response of animals by increasing the transformation rate of T lymphocytes and the phagocytic function of white blood cells.
2. Enhancing Gastrointestinal Motility, Promoting Growth:
Cinnamaldehyde is an aromatic gastric tonic and wind dispelling agent. It has a mild stimulating effect on the intestines and stomach, promoting gastric juice secretion, enhancing digestive function, and increasing animal feed intake.
3. Improving Feed Palatability, Increasing Animal Appetite:
As a flavoring agent, the unique aroma of cinnamaldehyde can enhance animal appetite. Feeds containing cinnamaldehyde do not require the addition of other flavorings and attractants.
4. Extending Feed Shelf Life:
Due to the antifungal and antibacterial effects of cinnamaldehyde, feeds containing cinnamaldehyde can remain mold-free and maintain their color and taste for a long time.
5. Insect Repellent and Mosquito Repellent:
Cinnamaldehyde can be used as an insecticide and mosquito repellent, exhibiting strong killing effects on Aedes mosquitoes, which transmit yellow fever. Cinnamaldehyde is not only environmentally friendly but also has a pleasant aroma. Adding cinnamaldehyde to feed can also effectively repel insects and mosquitoes.
What is the Characteristics of natural Cinnamaldehyde?
The product is in powdered form, with good flowability, making it easy to mix uniformly.
Due to the insolubility of cinnamaldehyde in water, it is difficult to increase the content using traditional water-alcohol extraction methods. In such cases, the actual effectiveness may not be apparent. Our powdered cinnamaldehyde, prepared using an improved special process, not only retains the overall efficacy of cinnamon but also has a higher content of active ingredients. The actual usage process is more convenient, and the feed mixing is more uniform.
No residue, no toxic side effects:
After animals ingest cinnamaldehyde, 90% of the absorbed components are excreted in the urine after 24 hours, 5% is excreted with feces, and the remaining 5% is absorbed and subsequently decomposed into nutrients, thus not leaving residues in animal products. Research has also shown that in pig and poultry farms using cinnamaldehyde for a long time, soil mixed with excrement containing cinnamaldehyde decomposes and disappears by 90%-99% after 24 hours of exposure.
What is the application of natural Cinnamaldehyde?
Application in Livestock Farming:
Poultry Farming:
Adding cinnamaldehyde (100mg/kg) to broiler feed can promote the proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the chicken intestine, improve intestinal morphology, enhance chicken immunity, and increase nutrient digestibility. Cinnamaldehyde can promote the proliferation of lactobacillus in the chicken intestine and inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli. Additionally, cinnamaldehyde has antioxidant properties, protecting intestinal villi from free radical damage, thereby increasing villi height and promoting nutrient absorption.
Cattle Farming:
Cinnamaldehyde can effectively inhibit the fermentation of rumen microorganisms in cattle, increase the production of acetic acid in the rumen.
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