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
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Bark	140.0	16800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Bark Essent. Oil	61000.0	420000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	1400.0	16800.0	1.16	Wealth of India.
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	701000.0	945000.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	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.
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE	6	Leaf	not available	1340.0	not available	Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242.
FARNESOL	17	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL	17	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	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
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytochrome-P488-Inducer	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.