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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 100700.0 1.19 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 0.0 120.0 -0.23 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark 27.0 -1.00 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower 0.0 -0.85 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 93000.0 0.38 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 125.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 1300.0 76600.0 -0.33 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Wood 0.0 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 14.0 300.0 -0.16 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil 58500.0 1.77 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 140.0 1380.0 1.83 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 92700.0 1.01 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 38000.0 71400.0 1.40 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Prosticide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 5 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Pyrogenic 1 Dasgupta, S., Ray, A. B., Bhattacharya, S. K., Bose, R. 1979. Constituents of Pachygone ovata and Pharmacological Action of its Major Leaf Alkaloid. J Nat Prod, 42(4): 399-406.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 *
Radioprotective 1 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.