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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 800000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 9700.0 | 31000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Leaf | 45.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Bark | 175.0 | 2040.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Bark | 26.0 | 104.0 | 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 * |