Plant Cinnamomum aromaticum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Bark	2000.0	25000.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	3100.0	7700.0	-0.34	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
EPICATECHIN	40	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-(4-BETA->8)5-EPICATECHIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-GUAIACOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Bark	1.8	375.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	2.8	400.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Bark	not available	35000.0	1.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FENCHONE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
FENCHONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Bark	not available	270000.0	1.05	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FURFURAL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *