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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 0.6 1.5 -0.65 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
LYONIRESINOL-3-ALPHA-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Bark Wealth of India.
MAGNESIUM 65 Bark 770.0 1680.0 -0.05 *
MANGANESE 14 Bark 167.0 600.0 3.34 *
MELILOTIC-ACID 1 Bark Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MERCURY 1 Bark 60.0 1.73 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
MERCURY 1 Plant 60.0 2.88 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
METHYL-BENZOATE 4 Plant *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Plant *
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Plant *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 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.
METHYL-FURFURYL 0 Plant *
METHYL-O-CUMARALDEHYDE 0 Bark Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYALDEHYDE 0 Bark Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Bark Wealth of India.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Bark Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
NONANAL 0 Plant *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychogryphotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 7 *
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 21 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 1 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 1 *
Antipeptic 1 *
Antiperiodic 1 *