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
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	90000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	172000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-ALPHA-BISABOLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-THUJ-2-EN-4-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	not available	4.0	-0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COSTUNOLIDE	9	Fruit	not available	2560.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COSTUNOLIDE	9	Leaf	1191.0	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COSTUNOLIDE	9	Root	not available	3100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUBEBENE	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
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 *