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
CUMAMBRIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMAMBRIN-B	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSATIVENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DEACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE	1	Leaf	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLMATRICARIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE	4	Fruit	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Leaf	15.0	162.0	2.23	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLLAURENOBIOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPARTHENOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSAN-1-OL-TETRADECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
E-PINOCARVEOL	0	Leaf	25.0	125.0	not available	Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ELEMICIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENANTHIC-ACID	0	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
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.