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
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Essential Oil	not available	800000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	9700.0	31000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Leaf	45.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Bark	175.0	2040.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Bark	26.0	104.0	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 *