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
PROCYANIDIN-B28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
PROCYANIDIN-C-1	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PROTEIN	0	Bark	not available	43000.0	-1.34	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	1.0	2.0	-0.37	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM	0	Bark	not available	30.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYALDEHYDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	42.0	287.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Bark	not available	50.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Bark	not available	1200.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Bark	not available	1.0	-0.09	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TITANIUM	0	Bark	not available	50.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *