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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
JUGLANIN 1 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2'',4''-CIS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 21.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2''-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 3.3 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(3'',4''-DI-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 20.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
LAUNDOBINE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LAUNOBINE 0 Plant *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Leaf *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Plant *
LAURENOBIOLIDE 1 Root 600.0 2000.0 *
LAURENOLIDE 0 Leaf 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 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 60000.0 192500.0 1.93 *
LEDENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 55.0 500.0 0.08 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Inflammatory 1 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 15 *
Insectifuge 33 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 7 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 23 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Larvicide 6 *
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 4 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 1 *