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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 90000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 172000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-3-HEXANOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-3-HEXENOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-ALPHA-BISABOLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-THUJ-2-EN-4-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | -0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Fruit | not available | 2560.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Leaf | 1191.0 | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Root | not available | 3100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUBEBENE | 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 * |