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Common Names
Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | 0.0 | 950.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 0.0 | 950.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 0.0 | 415.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 110.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CEDRENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-COPAENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf | 230.0 | 780.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 1.0 | 35.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALACORENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 36.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf | 0.0 | 240.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | 90.0 | 305.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | 0.0 | 18.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 8580.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHENONE | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 255.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 14 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Spasmogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonistat | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |