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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Litsea glaucescens (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Mexican bay
Variety
glaucescens

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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
(E)-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot 25.0 35.0 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
(Z)-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot 15.0 20.0 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 425.0 565.0 -0.13 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
2-NONANONE 2 Shoot 2.0 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
2-UNDECANONE 4 Shoot 10.0 15.0 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot 10.0 15.0 -0.28 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot 90.0 140.0 -0.13 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot 60.0 75.0 -0.27 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot 1.0 15.0 -0.27 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 130.0 185.0 -0.22 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Shoot 3.0 20.0 -0.53 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 80.0 110.0 -0.11 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 2.0 4.0 -0.13 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
CARVONE 19 Shoot 20.0 50.0 -0.25 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Shoot 4.0 27.0 -0.34 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
EO 0 Shoot 2100.0 2300.0 -0.74 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot 170.0 225.0 -0.24 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
GERANIOL 35 Shoot 2.0 3.0 -0.51 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot 20.0 30.0 -0.46 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 25.0 30.0 -0.31 Tucker, et al, EB46(1):21-24.1992
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 4 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 *
Allelopathic 4 *
Allergenic 8 *
Analgesic 2 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anesthetic 1 *
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 7 *
Antiacne 3 *
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antibacillary 1 *