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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | 800.0 | 3340.0 | 1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | 20.0 | 3340.0 | 1.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 183700.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 36000.0 | 176000.0 | 2.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 82.0 | -0.32 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Root | not available | 6422.0 | -1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | 20.0 | 2608.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | 5.0 | 320.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 46800.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Leaf | 18.0 | 90.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| N-DECANE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiCVI | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antidermatitic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antidiabetic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidopaminergic | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antidote | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Strychnine) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiEBV | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiedemic | 10 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielastase | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |