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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PELARGONALDEHYDE 0 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Bark 63.0 252.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENOL 26 Plant *
PHENOL 26 Root Bark *
PHENOLS 0 Bark 85.0 4000.0 1.00 *
PHENOLS 0 Leaf 3640.0 8735.0 -0.35 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Bark 41.0 165.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE 0 Bark 7.0 28.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE 0 Root Bark *
PHENYLPROPYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bark 674.0 1100.0 -0.09 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Bark 260.0 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PIPERITONE 7 Bark 7.0 28.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
PIPERITONE 7 Bark Essent. Oil *
PIPERITONE 7 Leaf 14.0 -0.35 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.
PIPERITONE 7 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
PIPERITONE 7 Plant 7.0 28.0 -0.54 *
PIPERITONE 7 Root Bark *
PIPERITONE 7 Stem Bark *
POTASSIUM 14 Bark 5525.0 6000.0 0.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
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 *
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 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 1 *
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 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.