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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
JUGLANIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2'',4''-CIS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 21.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2''-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 3.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(3'',4''-DI-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUNDOBINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LAUNOBINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Root 600.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURENOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LAURENONIOLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 60000.0 192500.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
LEDENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 55.0 500.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 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
Antialzheimeran? 3 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamebic 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antianaphylactic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 46 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 11 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.