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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *