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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark 11.0 -1.00 *
(E)(E)-FARNESOL 0 Leaf 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.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -1.14 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.
(E)-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 295.0 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.
(E)-CINNAMYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 345.0 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.
(E)-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf 0.0 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.
(E)-METHYL-CINNAMATE 0 Leaf 9.4 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.
(E)-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 0 Leaf 9.4 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.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.71 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.
(Z)-CINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 9.4 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.
(Z)-CINNAMYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 9.4 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.
(Z)-METHYL-ISOEUGENOL 0 Leaf 9.4 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.
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Leaf 90.0 180.0 1.00 *
(Z,E)-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf 0.0 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.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark 165.0 800.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Bark Essent. Oil 16500.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 110.0 -0.52 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.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 1500.0 6000.0 -0.81 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidrepanocytic 1 *
Antidysenteric 2 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 2 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 10 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antienterococcic 1 *
Antiepileptic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 4 *
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.