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Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 7 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Controlled 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 15.
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th