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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
ENANTHIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bark not available 6800.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower not available 1800.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 10000.0 40000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 5700.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Wood not available 700.0 -1.34 Duke, 1992 *
EREMANTHIN 4 Fruit not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PENTANOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 18.0 1335.0 -0.66 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 10200.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 77000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FAT 0 Fruit 200000.0 550000.0 3.56 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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.