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
TITANIUM	0	Bark	not available	40.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark	2450.0	54000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	470000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Leaf	60.0	335.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACIDD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	9.4	-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.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bark	not available	107000.0	-2.02	Wealth of India.
ZINC	77	Bark	11.4	20.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	not available	34.0	-0.32	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 *