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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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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 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil 42000.0 82900.0 0.75 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.52 *
SANTAMARIN 5 Leaf 73.0 *
SANTAMARINE 3 Leaf 44.0 1500.0 *
SCHIZANDRASIDE 0 Leaf 24.0 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 190.0 1380.0 0.45 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 7800.0 22000.0 -0.36 *
TERPINEOL 18 Fruit Essent. Oil 109000.0 1.00 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 4.0 200.0 0.02 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil *
TETRADECANE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THUJ-2-EN-4-OL 0 Leaf 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 *
TOLUENE 1 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-METHYL-EUGENOL 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 *
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 32 *
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipeptic 2 *
Antiperiodontal 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 *
Antiperistaltic 1 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 2 *
Antiplaque 6 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 7 *
Antiplatelet 1 *
AntiPMS 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).