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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Prunus laurocerasus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Cherry Laurel
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf 413.0 456.0 0.24 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
EO 0 Leaf 500.0 -0.97 *
FAT 0 Seed 250000.0 450000.0 0.97 *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf *
GLUCOSIDES 0 Leaf 15000.0 *
HCN 9 Leaf 1200.0 -0.36 *
HCN 9 Seed 340.0 -0.39 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 3300.0 3960.0 -0.51 *
MANDELONITRILE 0 Plant *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 450.0 540.0 -0.29 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 18350.0 22020.0 -0.80 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2475.0 2970.0 -0.64 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 31000.0 -1.80 *
PRULAURASIN 0 Leaf *
PRUNASIN 2 Leaf 14000.0 15000.0 1.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) *