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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 800000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 9700.0 | 31000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Leaf | 45.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Bark | 175.0 | 2040.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Bark | 26.0 | 104.0 | 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. |