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.
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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	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *