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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENANTHIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Bark | not available | 6800.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | not available | 1800.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 10000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5700.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Wood | not available | 700.0 | -1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EREMANTHIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ETHYL-PENTANOATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | 18.0 | 1335.0 | -0.66 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10200.0 | -1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 5000.0 | 77000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENYL-ACETATE | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 200000.0 | 550000.0 | 3.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |