Cinnamomum speciesPart used/extract Activity References Antiamylase activity C. zeylanicum Bark aqueous extract IC50 : 1.23 ± 0.02 mg/mL Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] C. aromaticum (cassia)Bark aqueous extract IC50 : 1.77± 0.05 mg/mL Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] C. loureiroi (Saigon cinnamon)Bark aqueous extract IC50 : >4.00 mg/mL Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] C. zeylanicum (C. verum) Bark hydro alcoholic extract (50 : 50; v/v, water ethanol) IC50 : 25 µ g/mL Beejmohun et al., 2014 [19 ] C. verum Isopropanol leaf extract IC50 : 1 µ g/mL Ponnusamy et al. 2011 [20 ] C. zeylanicum Bark aqueous extract 77% inhibition at 25 mg/mL; 72% inhibition at 12.5 mg/mL and 51% inhibition at 5 mg/mL Ranilla et al., 2010 [21 ] Antiglucosidase activity/maltase and sucrase inhibition C. zeylanicum Bark aqueous extract 100% and 95% inhibition at 2.5 and 0.5 mg/mL, respectively Ranilla et al., 2010 [21 ] C. zeylanicum Bark aqueous extract IC50 µ g/mL: 0.77 ± 0.04 maltase; 0.42 ± 0.02 sucrase Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] C. aromaticum (cassia)Bark aqueous extract IC50 µ g/mL: 0.85 ± 0.04 maltase; 0.88 ± 0.33 sucrase Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] C. loureiroi (Saigon cinnamon)Bark aqueous extract IC50 µ g/mL: 0.96 ± 0.03 maltase; >4.00 sucrase Adisakwattana et al., 2011 [18 ] Antiglycation activity Cinnamon (Cinnamomum species used not mentioned) Ethyl acetate and butanol soluble fractions of bark water extract diluted with ethanol BSA-glucose antiglycation : ethyl acetate soluble fractions: >40% to <90% inhibition at 200 ppm; butanol soluble fractions: <10% to >80% inhibition at 200 ppm Peng et al., 2008 [22 ] C. verum Bark methanol extract BSA-glucose antiglycation: IC50 : 26 µ g/mL Ho and Chang, 2012 [23 ] AChE and BChE inhibitory activity C. zeylanicum Bark ethanol extract AChE: 40.83 ± 0.005 % inhibition at 100 µ g/mL; BChE: 51.53 ± 0.005 % inhibition at 100 µ g/mL Kumar et al., 2012 [24 ] C. zeylanicum Methanolic leaf extract IC50 : AChE 77.78 ± 0.03 µ g/mL; BChE 88.62 ± 1.72 µ g/mL Dalai et al., 2014 [25 ]
