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
COPPER	12	Leaf	not available	10.9	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMENE	1	Bark	66.0	264.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Bark	4.0	100.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	2500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Leaf	not available	9.4	-0.90	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.
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Leaf	not available	9.4	-0.33	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.
DIHYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROFUMIGATIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO	0	Bark	3500.0	40000.0	2.53	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	5000.0	12000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	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.

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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
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Duke, 1992 *