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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 10.9 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMENE | 1 | Bark | 66.0 | 264.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Bark | 4.0 | 100.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Leaf | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Bark | 3.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 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 | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROFUMIGATIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Bark | 3500.0 | 40000.0 | 2.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 12000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 6 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipseudomonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiRaynaud's | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiReye's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |