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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Bark | 140.0 | 16800.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Bark Essent. Oil | 61000.0 | 420000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | 1400.0 | 16800.0 | 1.16 | Wealth of India. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 701000.0 | 945000.0 | 1.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 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. |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENYL-ACETATE | 6 | Leaf | not available | 1340.0 | not available | 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. |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Bark | 3.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiexudative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |