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
Myorelaxant	11	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	20	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neurogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroleptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	3	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.
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.