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Plant 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.
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.