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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.
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
GERANIOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Bark not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GUM 0 Bark not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Bark 20.0 124.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Bark 15.0 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 8.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Bark not available 3.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Bark 60.0 421.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE 1 Bark not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Bark 2.0 8.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 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
Diuretic 7 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ecbolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 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.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.