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
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 *

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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
Antienzymatic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiepileptic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiflu	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *