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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
GUAIACOL 18 Bark Wealth of India.
GUAIACOL 18 Plant *
HEPTANOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Plant *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Plant *
HEXANOL 3 Leaf Wealth of India.
HEXANOL 3 Plant *
HUMULENE 2 Plant *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Bark *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
HYDROXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
IODINE 12 Bark 1.0 -1.00 *
IRON 6 Bark 25.0 421.0 0.99 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant *
KETONES 0 Bark Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
KETONES 0 Leaf 25.0 37.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
LIMONENE 60 Bark Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
LINALOL 0 Plant *
LINALOOL 53 Bark 2.5 32.0 -1.20 Wealth of India.
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