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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.46 | 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. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Bark | 10.0 | 20.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BORON | 4 | Bark | 7.0 | 15.0 | not available | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BROMINE | 0 | Bark | not available | 10.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Bark | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Bark | 3415.0 | 6000.0 | -1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Bark | not available | 30.0 | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Bark | 18.0 | 72.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 20.0 | 40.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |