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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TITANIUM 0 Bark not available 40.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Bark 2450.0 54000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Bark Essent. Oil not available 470000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Leaf 60.0 335.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACIDD 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Bark 5.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available 9.4 -1.00 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.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Bark 5.0 20.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Bark not available 107000.0 -2.02 Wealth of India.
ZINC 77 Bark 11.4 20.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf not available 34.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 28th