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
GUAIACOL	18	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
GUAIACOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
HEX-3-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
HEXANOL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
IODINE	12	Bark	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Bark	25.0	421.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KETONES	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
KETONES	0	Leaf	25.0	37.0	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
LIMONENE	60	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
LINALOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Bark	2.5	32.0	-1.20	Wealth of India.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	4	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *