Medicinal research
Cinnamon is used intraditional medicine, and several studies have tested chemicals extracted from cinnamon for various possible medicinal effects.
In an experiment testing the effects of various plants used in traditional Indian medicine, an extract of Cinnamomum cassia had an effect on HIV-1.[35] Another study found that eugenol, a chemical found in cinnamon essential oils, and in other plants, inhibited the replication of the virus causing herpes in vitro.[36] The compound cinnzeylanine, from C. zeylanicum, also had antiviral properties in a model system using silkworm cells.[37]
Two studies have shown that including cinnamon and cinnamon extract in the diet may help type 2 diabetics to control blood glucose levels. One study used C. cassia,[38] while the other study used an extract (made from "Chinese Cinnamomum aromaticum", an older name for C. cassia).[39]
Pharmacological experiments suggest that dietary cinnamon-derived cinnamic aldehyde (cinnamaldehyde) activates the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant response in human epithelial colon cells and may therefore represent an experimental chemopreventive dietary factor targeting colorectal carcinogenesis.[40] Recent research documents antimelanoma activity of cinnamic aldehyde observed in cell culture and a mouse model of human melanoma.[41]
A 2011 study isolated a substance (CEppt) in the cinnamon plant that inhibits development of Alzheimer's disease in mice.[42] CEppt, an extract of cinnamon bark, seems to treat a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.[43]
Nutritional information [edit]
Ten grams (about 2.1 teaspoons) of ground cinnamon contain:[44]
- Energy: 103.4 kJ (24.7 kcal)
- Fat: 0.12 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.06 g (of which - fibres: 5.31 g, sugars: 0.2 g)
- Protein: 0.4 g
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