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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 90000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 172000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-ALPHA-BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-THUJ-2-EN-4-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available 4.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COSTUNOLIDE 9 Fruit not available 2560.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COSTUNOLIDE 9 Leaf 1191.0 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COSTUNOLIDE 9 Root not available 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUBEBENE 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *