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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |