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Common Names
Bayleaf; Sweet Bay; Grecian Laurel; Bay Laurel; Laurel; Bay
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUMAMBRIN-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMAMBRIN-B | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOSATIVENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DEACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEACETYLMATRICARIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Fruit | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Leaf | 15.0 | 162.0 | 2.23 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DESACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROPARTHENOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOCOSAN-1-OL-TETRADECANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| E-PINOCARVEOL | 0 | Leaf | 25.0 | 125.0 | not available | Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992 |
| ELEMICIN | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ENANTHIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| 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. |