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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Bark *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Stem Bark *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Bark Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 90.0 180.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 42.0 168.0 -0.25 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root Bark *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Stem Bark *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Bark 40.0 264.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Bark Essent. Oil 0.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 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 1500.0 -0.83 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root Bark *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Stem Bark *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 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 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Bark Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2500.0 10000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Root Bark *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Stem Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
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 *
Termiticide 4 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
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 *
Tremorigenic 1 *
Trichomonicide 8 *
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.