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Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACETYL-EUGENOL 5 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Bark 145.0 1665.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALCOHOLS 0 Leaf 205.0 490.0 -0.58 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Bark 2650.0 30280.0 1.00 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALDEHYDES 0 Leaf 120.0 290.0 -0.66 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf not available 55.0 -0.37 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.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHYLLANDRENE 0 Leaf 150.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark 20.0 236.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 17 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *