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Plant Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay
How this plant is used
Food

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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
LINALOL 0 Leaf 800.0 3340.0 1.54 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 20.0 3340.0 1.67 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 183700.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 36000.0 176000.0 2.13 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 82.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANNITOL 18 Root not available 6422.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Leaf 20.0 2608.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 5.0 320.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 46800.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL 5 Leaf 18.0 90.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
N-DECANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONANE 0 Leaf 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.