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Plant Cinnamomum sieboldii (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Japanese Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Bark not available 55.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Root Bark not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Root Bark not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Bark not available 14000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root Bark not available 9000.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Bark not available 200.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Root Bark not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root Bark not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Bark not available 7.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root Bark not available 9.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Root Bark not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root Bark not available 200.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Bark not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Root Bark not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Bark not available 360.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 2 Duke, 1992 *