Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon

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
ARABINOXYLAN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Bark	not available	309.0	0.13	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Bark	not available	17000.0	-2.04	Wealth of India.
BARIUM	0	Bark	not available	60.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bark	26.0	104.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	26.0	104.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Bark	66.0	400.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Leaf Essent. Oil	26700.0	840000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
(-)-Chronotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	12	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adrenergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	25	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *