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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALCOHOLS 0 Leaf 125.0 305.0 -0.83 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Bark 1845.0 23040.0 -1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Leaf 2340.0 5815.0 2.08 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark Wealth of India.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Bark *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant *
ANHYDROCINNZEYLANINE 0 Bark Wealth of India.
ANHYDROCINNZEYLANINE 0 Plant *
ANHYDROCINNZEYLANOL 0 Bark Wealth of India.
ANHYDROCINNZEYLANOL 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark 309.0 0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BARIUM 0 Bark 140.0 1.72 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Bark *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Bark Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Leaf 1800.0 22500.0 1.00 Wealth of India.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark 1.0 2.0 -0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Inotropic 1 *
Insecticide 11 *
Insectifuge 19 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 *
Irritant 18 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide 3 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 7 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipolytic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.