An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Cinnamomum verum

Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root Bark *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Stem Bark *
2-METHOXY-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Bark *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE 0 Root Bark *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Leaf 0.0 -1.00 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.
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Root Bark *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 38.0 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.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Stem Bark *
2-PHENYLETHYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf 0.0 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.
2-VINYLPHENOL 0 Bark 3.0 12.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-VINYLPHENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
2-VINYLPHENOL 0 Stem Bark *
3-PHENYL-PROPYL-ACETATE 2 Bark 13.0 52.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-PHENYLPROPANAL 0 Bark 15.0 160.0 -1.00 *
3-PHENYLPROPANAL 0 Leaf 8.0 20.0 -1.00 *
5,7,3',4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOLS 0 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETOEUGENOL 0 Bark 16.0 64.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antirheumatic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 2 *
Antisalmonella 4 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 30 Merck 11th Edition
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 1 *
Antisinusitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 27 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 10 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 2 *
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 *
Antisunburn 1 *