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

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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-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 *

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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
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticaries	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	8	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).