Plant Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	100700.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	0.0	120.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Bark	not available	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Flower	not available	0.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	93000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	125.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	1300.0	76600.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Wood	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	14.0	300.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	58500.0	1.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	140.0	1380.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	4000.0	92700.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	38000.0	71400.0	1.40	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.