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

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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
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th