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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrocoele | 1 | Martindale's 29th |