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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | 90.0 | 180.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Plant | 42.0 | 168.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Bark | 40.0 | 264.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | not available | 47.0 | -0.51 | 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. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1500.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 19.0 | -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. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Bark | 31.0 | 124.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2500.0 | 10000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |