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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 10.9 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMENE | 1 | Bark | 66.0 | 264.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Bark | 4.0 | 100.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.90 | 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. |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Bark | 3.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.33 | 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. |
| DIHYDROCINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROFUMIGATIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Bark | 3500.0 | 40000.0 | 2.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 12000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tumor-Promoter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Varroacide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 10 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vasorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 2 | Wealth of India. |
| Vulnerary | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |