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
PROANTHOCYANIDIN	0	Bark	not available	958.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2	0	Bark	not available	2.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1	0	Bark	not available	2.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2	0	Bark	not available	42.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5	0	Bark	not available	3.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1	0	Bark	not available	132.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PROTEIN	0	Bark	35000.0	125000.0	1.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	1.0	-0.70	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM	0	Bark	not available	20.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Bark	2.0	8.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE	5	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SAFROLE	29	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SAFROLE	29	Leaf Essent. Oil	6500.0	23000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	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
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	21	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *