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
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.