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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
COPPER 12 Leaf 10.9 -0.46 *
COUMARIN 57 Bark *
COUMARIN 57 Leaf Essent. Oil *
COUMARIN 57 Stem Bark *
CUMENE 1 Bark 66.0 264.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Bark 4.0 100.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Bark Essent. Oil 2500.0 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Leaf 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 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Stem Bark *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Bark 3.0 12.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf 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 5.0 *
DIHYDROFUMIGATIN 0 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO 0 Bark 3500.0 40000.0 2.53 *
EO 0 Leaf 5000.0 12000.0 0.04 *
EO 0 Root Bark *
EO 0 Stem Bark *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Root Bark *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Bark 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 *
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 3 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 2 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 2 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMS 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 18 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 *
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 28th