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Plant 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.
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
PROANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Bark not available 958.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2 0 Bark not available 2.6 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1 0 Bark not available 2.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2 0 Bark not available 42.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5 0 Bark not available 3.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1 0 Bark not available 132.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 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.
PROTEIN 0 Bark 35000.0 125000.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bark not available 1.0 -0.70 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM 0 Bark not available 20.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Bark 2.0 8.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 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.
SAFROLE 29 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SAFROLE 29 Leaf Essent. Oil 6500.0 23000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Root Bark not available not available 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
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 *