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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERANIOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil *
GERANIOL 35 Root Bark *
GERANIOL 35 Stem Bark *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Stem Bark *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GUM 0 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Root Bark *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Stem Bark *
HEXANOL 3 Plant *
HUMULENE 2 Bark 20.0 124.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Bark 15.0 160.0 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 8.0 20.0 *
HYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Root Bark *
IODINE 12 Bark 3.0 1.00 *
IRON 6 Bark 60.0 421.0 0.99 *
ISOCARYOPHYLLENE 1 Bark Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Bark 2.0 8.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Stem Bark *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 4 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 9 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Monoaminergic 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *