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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | 25.0 | 2650.0 | 1.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 42000.0 | 82900.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 10.0 | 25.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | 73.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARINE | 3 | Leaf | 44.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCHIZANDRASIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 24.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 190.0 | 1380.0 | 0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 7800.0 | 22000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 109000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 4.0 | 200.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINYL-ACETATE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| THUJ-2-EN-4-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| THYMOL | 71 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOLUENE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-2-HEXENAL | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-CARVEOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-METHYL-EUGENOL | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 5 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitumor-Promoter? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 14 | Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992). |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuricosuric | 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. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Astringent | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ataxigenic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |