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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-CINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-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.
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	38.0	not available	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.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-PROPIONATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	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.
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPYL-ACETATE	2	Bark	13.0	52.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-PHENYLPROPANAL	0	Bark	15.0	160.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYLPROPANAL	0	Leaf	8.0	20.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
5,7,3',4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOLS	0	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.
ACETOEUGENOL	0	Bark	16.0	64.0	not available	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
Artemicide	3	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	2	Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	7	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	33	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	13	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillaritonic	1	Duke, 1992 *