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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| FEMA | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 48 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 31 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |