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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KETONES | 0 | Bark | 2.5 | 28.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Bark | not available | 2410.0 | -0.65 | Wealth of India. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 260000.0 | 304000.0 | 2.21 | Wealth of India. |
| LEAD | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Bark | 46.0 | 184.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Bark | 230.0 | 956.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | 195.0 | 390.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Bark | 85.0 | 956.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 23000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Twig | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrocoele | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |