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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
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.