Common Names
Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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BETA-EUDESMOL | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-EUDESMOL | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2080.0 | 2.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1600.0 | 54000.0 | 1.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | 1450.0 | -0.29 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
BICYCLOGERMACRENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BOLDINE | 29 | 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. |
BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 4700.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BORON | 4 | Leaf | 9.0 | 16.0 | -1.23 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
BUTANAL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BUTANOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CADINA-1(6),5-DIENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 * |