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Plant 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.
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
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Bark Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANINE 0 Bark not available 350.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANOL 0 Bark not available 63.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNZEYLANOL-1-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CIS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available 9.4 -1.30 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.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Bark 3.0 12.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf not available 185.0 -0.37 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.
COBALT 2 Bark not available 0.6 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf not available 1.1 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 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.
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Bark 4.9 9.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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