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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN | 0 | Bark | not available | 958.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2 | 0 | Bark | not available | 2.6 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1 | 0 | Bark | not available | 2.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2 | 0 | Bark | not available | 42.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5 | 0 | Bark | not available | 3.2 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1 | 0 | Bark | not available | 132.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDINS | 34 | 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. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Bark | 35000.0 | 125000.0 | 1.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Bark | not available | 1.0 | -0.70 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Bark | not available | 20.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Bark | 2.0 | 8.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SACCHAROSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | 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. |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6500.0 | 23000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |