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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 |