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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 *
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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
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bactericide 1 Wealth of India.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 7 de las Heras, B., Rios, J. L., Martinez-Mir, I., Rubio, E. 1990. A Study of the Adrenergic Activity of the Alkaloids Boldine and Glaucine. Pharmazie, 45(6): 443-444.
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 6 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 25 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 15 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 4 Merck 11th Edition