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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |