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Common Names
Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINOLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | 540.0 | 4000.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-FORMATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Bark | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Flower | not available | 12.6 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.7 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Wood | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ARTECANIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMORIN | 1 | Leaf | 140.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BASSORIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 4.0 | 180.0 | -0.25 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 200.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |