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
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Bark	140.0	16800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Bark Essent. Oil	61000.0	420000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	1400.0	16800.0	1.16	Wealth of India.
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	701000.0	945000.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	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.
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE	1	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	5	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE	6	Leaf	not available	1340.0	not available	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.
FARNESOL	17	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL	17	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Stem 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
Hypotensive	10	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	27	Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectifuge?	1	Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile	4	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	27	Duke, 1992 *