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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

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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
Oxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paramecicide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 38 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 74 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.