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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Fungitoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Glaucomagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 3 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic 1 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.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *