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
PROANTHOCYANIDIN	0	Bark	not available	958.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2	0	Bark	not available	2.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B1	0	Bark	not available	2.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2	0	Bark	not available	42.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5	0	Bark	not available	3.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1	0	Bark	not available	132.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	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.
PROTEIN	0	Bark	35000.0	125000.0	1.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	1.0	-0.70	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM	0	Bark	not available	20.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Bark	2.0	8.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE	5	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	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.
SAFROLE	29	Bark Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SAFROLE	29	Leaf Essent. Oil	6500.0	23000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	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
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.