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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Bark | not available | 10.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Bark | 4900.0 | 13569.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bark | 798000.0 | 914000.0 | 1.24 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CASSIOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Bark | not available | 70.0 | -1.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Bark | not available | 1.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCASSIOL-A | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINCASSIOL-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCASSIOL-A-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINCASSIOL-B | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINCASSIOL-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCASSIOL-B-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINCASSIOL-C-1 | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Trichomonistat | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| Vasodilator | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Venotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |