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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
SABINENE 5 Leaf 25.0 2650.0 1.43 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil 42000.0 82900.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
SANTAMARIN 5 Leaf not available 73.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTAMARINE 3 Leaf 44.0 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHIZANDRASIDE 0 Leaf not available 24.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 190.0 1380.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 7800.0 22000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 18 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 109000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 4.0 200.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THUJ-2-EN-4-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
THYMOL 71 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOLUENE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-METHYL-EUGENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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 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 *