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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACTINODAPHNINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BOLDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CRYPTODORINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISODOMESTICINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LAUNOBINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 29000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-N-METHYL-ACTINODAPHNINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NANDIGERINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NEOLITSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NOR-ISODOMESTICINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 15 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th