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
CUMAMBRIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMAMBRIN-B	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DEACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE	1	Leaf	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLMATRICARIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE	4	Fruit	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Leaf	15.0	162.0	2.23	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPARTHENOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSAN-1-OL-TETRADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
E-PINOCARVEOL	0	Leaf	25.0	125.0	not available	Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ELEMICIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENANTHIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.

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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.