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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUMAMBRIN-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMAMBRIN-B | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOSATIVENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DEACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEACETYLMATRICARIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Fruit | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Leaf | 15.0 | 162.0 | 2.23 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DESACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROPARTHENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOCOSAN-1-OL-TETRADECANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| E-PINOCARVEOL | 0 | Leaf | 25.0 | 125.0 | not available | Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992 |
| ELEMICIN | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ENANTHIC-ACID | 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. |
| 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 |