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
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.
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.