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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | 90.0 | 180.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Plant | 42.0 | 168.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Bark | 40.0 | 264.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | not available | 47.0 | -0.51 | 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. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1500.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 19.0 | -0.43 | 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. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Bark | 31.0 | 124.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2500.0 | 10000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | 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. |