Open AccessCinnamon: A Multifunctional Medicinal Plant
Author(s) -
Syeda Mona Hassan,
Shabnum Zulfiqar,
Naureen Naeem,
Asif Ibrahim,
Syed Khurram Hassan,
Abdul Majeed,
Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lgu journal of life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2521-0130
pISSN - 2519-9404
DOI - 10.54692/lgujls.2017.0104132
Subject(s) - cinnamomum zeylanicum , lauraceae , cinnamomum , cinnamaldehyde , traditional medicine , evergreen , linalool , cinnamic acid , chemistry , biology , botany , medicine , food science , cassia , essential oil , organic chemistry , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology , catalysis
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), belongs to family Lauraceae, is an evergreen tree, a member of family Lauraceae, has been used in daily routine as a condiment and spice found in tropical area of India. Cinnamon is mainly composed of essential oils and its other constituents are cinnamic acid, cinnamate and cinnamaldehyde. It possesses excellent anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, hypoglycemic, anti-microbial and hypolipidemic activities. It can be used as safer and useful drug in allergic conditions also. So, cinnamon can be used as a potential constituent in pharmaceutical industry.