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
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Essential Oil	not available	800000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	9700.0	31000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Leaf	45.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Bark	175.0	2040.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Bark	26.0	104.0	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
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	7	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	4	Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide	21	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	3	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *