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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Bark | not available | 8.0 | -0.88 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NICKEL | 3 | Bark | not available | 1.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Leaf | not available | 4.2 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| O-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 11400.0 | 13300.0 | -0.87 | Wealth of India. |
| OPCS | 25 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Bark | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Bark | 39.0 | 448.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 5500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | 55.0 | 140.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 5400.0 | 6300.0 | -0.57 | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholine | 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. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 9 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiadrenalinic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | 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 | 12 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Antiaging | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |