Plant Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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.

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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
Carcinogenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	6	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Choleretic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	6	Martindale's 29th
CNS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	6	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.