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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KETONES | 0 | Bark | 2.5 | 28.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bark | not available | 2410.0 | -0.65 | Wealth of India. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 260000.0 | 304000.0 | 2.21 | Wealth of India. |
| LEAD | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Bark | 46.0 | 184.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Bark | 230.0 | 956.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | 195.0 | 390.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Bark | 85.0 | 956.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 23000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Twig | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |