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Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available 9.4 -0.46 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.
BORNEOL 35 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Bark 10.0 20.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORON 4 Bark 7.0 15.0 not available Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BROMINE 0 Bark not available 10.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Bark not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Bark 3415.0 6000.0 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Bark not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Bark not available 30.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE 9 Bark 18.0 72.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE 9 Bark Essent. Oil not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 20.0 40.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.25 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
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 *