Plant Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	26	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.
Antiinsomniac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiklebsiellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *