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
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 *

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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 *