Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Download these results as:

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
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANINE	0	Bark	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANOL	0	Bark	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANOL-1-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CIS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	9.4	-1.30	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.
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL	20	Leaf	not available	185.0	-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.
COBALT	2	Bark	not available	0.6	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Leaf	not available	1.1	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	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.
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Bark	4.9	9.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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.