Plant Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BOLDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CRYPTODORINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISODOMESTICINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LINALOOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-N-METHYL-ACTINODAPHNINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NANDIGERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NEOLITSINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NOR-ISODOMESTICINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	9	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	18	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	30	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.