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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bark | 455000.0 | 500000.0 | -2.32 | Wealth of India. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Bark | 135.0 | 1316.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | 25.0 | 50.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHINS | 1 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Bark | not available | 300.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Bark | 2.0 | 10.0 | 0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | not available | 14.4 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Bark | 6000.0 | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Bark Essent. Oil | 302000.0 | 765000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |