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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cinnamomum aromaticum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cassia, Cassia Bark, Cassia Lignea, Chinese Cassia, Chinese Cinnamon, China Junk Cassia, Saigon Cinnamon, Zimtcassie (Ger.), Canela de la China (Sp.), Canelero chino (Sp.), Chinazimt (Ger.), Chinesischer Zimtbaum (Ger.), Kashia-Keihi (Jap.), Canelle de Cochinchine (Fr.), Cannelier Casse (Fr.), Cannelier de Chine (Fr.)
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark Wealth of India.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant *
19-MONOACETYL-CINCASSIOL-A 0 Plant *
2-HYDRO-ACETOPHENONE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
2-VINYLPHENOL 0 Plant *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1->6)BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark Wealth of India.
3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3-PHENYL-PROPYL-ACETATE 2 Plant *
3-PHENYLPROPANAL 0 Bark 39.0 490.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3-PHENYLPROPANAL 0 Leaf 30.0 75.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
4-ALLYL-PHENOL 0 Plant *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Plant *
5,7,3-TRIMETHYL-(-)-EPICATECHIN 0 Bark Wealth of India.
5,7-DIMETHYL-3',4'-DI-O-METHYLENE-(+)-EPICATECHIN 0 Bark Wealth of India.
ACETOEUGENOL 0 Plant *
ALCOHOLS 0 Bark 105.0 1300.0 -1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 9 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adrenergic 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 9 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 (View) *
Allergenic 15 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 12 (View) *