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
GERANIOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GUM	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Bark	20.0	124.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Bark	15.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	8.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Bark	not available	3.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Bark	60.0	421.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL	16	Bark	2.0	8.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL	16	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL	16	Stem 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
Carcinogenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	4	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Choleretic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.