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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
ARABINOXYLAN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark not available 309.0 0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Bark not available 17000.0 -2.04 Wealth of India.
BARIUM 0 Bark not available 60.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Bark 26.0 104.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 7000.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant 26.0 104.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Bark not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Bark 66.0 400.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Leaf Essent. Oil 26700.0 840000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Stem 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 *