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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
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Bark 145.0 1665.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALCOHOLS 0 Leaf 205.0 490.0 -0.58 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Bark 2650.0 30280.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Leaf 120.0 290.0 -0.66 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf not available 55.0 -0.37 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.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHYLLANDRENE 0 Leaf 150.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark 20.0 236.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.74 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
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychogryphotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 29 Jim Duke's personal files.