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

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
CADINA-1(6),5-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINA-3,5-DIENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CADINA-3,5-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPESTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	60.0	-0.56	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	24.0	186.0	-0.12	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	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.
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS	1	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.

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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).