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

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
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	100700.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	0.0	120.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Bark	not available	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Flower	not available	0.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	93000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	125.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	1300.0	76600.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Wood	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	14.0	300.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	58500.0	1.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	140.0	1380.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	4000.0	92700.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	38000.0	71400.0	1.40	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
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	9	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	15	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	7	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *