Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KETONES	0	Bark	2.5	28.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
KILOCALORIES	0	Bark	not available	2410.0	-0.65	Wealth of India.
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	260000.0	304000.0	2.21	Wealth of India.
LEAD	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Bark	46.0	184.0	-1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE	60	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Bark	230.0	956.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	195.0	390.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Bark	85.0	956.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	23000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	15000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	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
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Strychnine)	1	Duke, 1992 *