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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-CINNAMALDEHYDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLACETALDEHYDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	-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.
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	38.0	not available	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.
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-PROPIONATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	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.
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Bark	3.0	12.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYLPHENOL	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPYL-ACETATE	2	Bark	13.0	52.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-PHENYLPROPANAL	0	Bark	15.0	160.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYLPROPANAL	0	Leaf	8.0	20.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
5,7,3',4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOLS	0	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.
ACETOEUGENOL	0	Bark	16.0	64.0	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
Spermicide	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant	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.
Sunscreen	2	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Surfactant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Tranquilizer	4	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	6	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.