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

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
TRANS-2-METHOXY-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
TRANS-2-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Bark 3000.0 23750.0 -1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Leaf 3000.0 5390.0 1.00 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Plant *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Bark 250.0 2500.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ZINC 77 Bark 4.0 10.0 -0.27 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglucuronidase 1 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 3 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihelicobacter 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 6 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 4 *
AntiHIV 7 *
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th