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
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Bark	1.0	2.0	-0.71	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	13500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	30.0	60.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	18500.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	47.0	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.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	120.0	0.21	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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHYLLANDRENE	0	Leaf	370.0	740.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Bark	14.0	76.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	25.0	50.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	9.4	-0.43	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.
BETA-SELINENE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	210.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Bark	2.0	8.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Pediculicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	39	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	61	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromonal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *