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Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.
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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.