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

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark 1.0 2.0 -0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Bark Essent. Oil 13500.0 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 30.0 60.0 -0.31 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 18500.0 -0.30 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Stem Bark *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Leaf 47.0 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.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf 120.0 0.21 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHYLLANDRENE 0 Leaf 370.0 740.0 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Bark 14.0 76.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 25.0 50.0 -0.36 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root Bark *
BETA-PINENE 13 Stem Bark *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf 9.4 -0.43 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.
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Stem Bark *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 210.0 -0.60 *
BORNEOL 35 Bark 2.0 8.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 12 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
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 *
Allelochemic 10 *
Allelopathic 6 *
Allergenic 25 *
Allergenic? 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 14 *
Androgenic 2 *