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
CAMPHOR	41	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Bark	455000.0	500000.0	-2.32	Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Bark	135.0	1316.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Leaf	25.0	50.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS	1	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.
CHLORINE	7	Bark	not available	300.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Bark	2.0	10.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	not available	14.4	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Bark	6000.0	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Bark Essent. Oil	302000.0	765000.0	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 *