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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
N-TRIDECANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANDIGERINE 0 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.
NEOLITSINE 0 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.
NERAL 4 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEROL 10 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 66000.0 220000.0 1.21 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available 20.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 192.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 62.0 540.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 198300.0 2.17 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 20000.0 60500.0 0.58 Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTYL-ACETATE 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
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