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
FAT	0	Bark	11000.0	14000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	300000.0	350000.0	0.45	Wealth of India.
FENCHONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHONE	6	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Bark	270000.0	285000.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FURFURAL	6	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	not available	24.0	-0.22	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.
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	not available	9.4	-0.35	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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-YLANGENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIAL	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIAL	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Bark	6.0	24.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
Antirheumatic	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *