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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-PINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf *
(E)-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 7.0 100.0 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
(Z)-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf 4.0 65.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Essent. Oil 228000.0 283700.0 -0.90 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 375.0 24800.0 2.66 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Essent. Oil 211400.0 620000.0 1.29 *
1-EPI-BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-PENTEN-3-OL 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
11-HYDROXYTRIACONTAN-9-ONE 0 Fruit *
2-ETHYL-FURAN 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPANOL 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPIONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYLETHYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimalarial 8 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 *
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 6 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 1 *
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 21 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinociceptive 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity 1 *