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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
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.
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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.