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
(+)-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
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	2	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	4	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	4	Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *