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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNZEYLANIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNZEYLANINE | 0 | Bark | not available | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNZEYLANOL | 0 | Bark | not available | 63.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNZEYLANOL-1-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CIS-CINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -1.30 | 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. |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Bark | 3.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Leaf | not available | 185.0 | -0.37 | 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. |
| COBALT | 2 | Bark | not available | 0.6 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | not available | 1.1 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONIFERALDEHYDE | 0 | 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. |
| CONIFERALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONIFERALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Bark | 4.9 | 9.0 | 1.27 | 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 * |