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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Leaf | not available | 245.0 | -0.47 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Bark | 66.0 | 140.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 101.6 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.70 | 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. |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | 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. |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHYL-N-AMYLKETONE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-VINYL-KETONE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Bark | 20000.0 | 37000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Bark | 5.0 | 20.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | 42.0 | -0.16 | 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. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 21900.0 | 25550.0 | 0.04 | Wealth of India. |
| N-OCTANAL | 2 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | 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. |
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf | not available | 120.0 | 0.12 | 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |