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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BETA-PINENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LINALOOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (E)-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | 7.0 | 100.0 | not available | Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992 |
| (Z)-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | 4.0 | 65.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 228000.0 | 283700.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 375.0 | 24800.0 | 2.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 211400.0 | 620000.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 1-PENTEN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 11-HYDROXYTRIACONTAN-9-ONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-ETHYL-FURAN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-BUTANAL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-PROPANOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-PROPIONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-PROPYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYLETHYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |