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Common Names
Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PELARGONALDEHYDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHELLANDRENE | 4 | Bark | 63.0 | 252.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHENOL | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOL | 26 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Bark | 85.0 | 4000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Leaf | 3640.0 | 8735.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Bark | 41.0 | 165.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Bark | 7.0 | 28.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLPROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Bark | 674.0 | 1100.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Bark | not available | 260.0 | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Bark | 7.0 | 28.0 | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Leaf | not available | 14.0 | -0.35 | 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. |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Plant | 7.0 | 28.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Bark | 5525.0 | 6000.0 | 0.00 | 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 * |