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Plant 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
PROANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Bark not available 958.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2 0 Bark not available 2.6 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1 0 Bark not available 2.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2 0 Bark not available 42.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5 0 Bark not available 3.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1 0 Bark not available 132.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 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.
PROTEIN 0 Bark 35000.0 125000.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bark not available 1.0 -0.70 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM 0 Bark not available 20.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Bark 2.0 8.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 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.
SAFROLE 29 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SAFROLE 29 Leaf Essent. Oil 6500.0 23000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Psychoactive 1 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.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Rodenticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Scabicide 2 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 26 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *