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
TITANIUM	0	Bark	not available	40.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark	2450.0	54000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	470000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Leaf	60.0	335.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACIDD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	9.4	-1.00	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.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bark	not available	107000.0	-2.02	Wealth of India.
ZINC	77	Bark	11.4	20.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	not available	34.0	-0.32	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 *