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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Bark | not available | 8.0 | -0.88 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NICKEL | 3 | Bark | not available | 1.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Leaf | not available | 4.2 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| O-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 11400.0 | 13300.0 | -0.87 | Wealth of India. |
| OPCS | 25 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Bark | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Bark | 39.0 | 448.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 5500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | 55.0 | 140.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 5400.0 | 6300.0 | -0.57 | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 7 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 2 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarthritic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |