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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon
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
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark 11.0 -1.00 *
(E)(E)-FARNESOL 0 Leaf 9.4 -1.00 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -1.14 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 295.0 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-CINNAMYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 345.0 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf 0.0 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-METHYL-CINNAMATE 0 Leaf 9.4 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(E)-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 0 Leaf 9.4 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.71 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(Z)-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 9.4 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(Z)-CINNAMYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 9.4 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(Z)-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 0 Leaf 9.4 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Leaf 90.0 180.0 1.00 *
(Z,E)-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf 0.0 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark 165.0 800.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark Essent. Oil 16500.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 110.0 -0.52 Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 1500.0 6000.0 -0.81 *
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