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
PROANTHOCYANIDIN	0	Bark	not available	958.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2	0	Bark	not available	2.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1	0	Bark	not available	2.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2	0	Bark	not available	42.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5	0	Bark	not available	3.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1	0	Bark	not available	132.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	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.
PROTEIN	0	Bark	35000.0	125000.0	1.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	1.0	-0.70	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM	0	Bark	not available	20.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Bark	2.0	8.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE	5	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	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.
SAFROLE	29	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SAFROLE	29	Leaf Essent. Oil	6500.0	23000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	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
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.