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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
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Essential Oil not available 800000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 9700.0 31000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE 0 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ACETATE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf 45.0 90.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Bark 175.0 2040.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Bark 26.0 104.0 not available 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
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.