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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | 800.0 | 3340.0 | 1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | 20.0 | 3340.0 | 1.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 183700.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 36000.0 | 176000.0 | 2.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 82.0 | -0.32 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Root | not available | 6422.0 | -1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | 20.0 | 2608.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | 5.0 | 320.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 46800.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Leaf | 18.0 | 90.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| N-DECANE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |