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
TITANIUM	0	Bark	not available	40.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark	2450.0	54000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	470000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Leaf	60.0	335.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACIDD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	9.4	-1.00	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.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Bark	5.0	20.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bark	not available	107000.0	-2.02	Wealth of India.
ZINC	77	Bark	11.4	20.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	not available	34.0	-0.32	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 *