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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-FARNESENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Leaf | 8000.0 | 31200.0 | 1.00 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Leaf | 20.0 | 70.0 | 1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | 0.0 | 145.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-ELEMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DOCOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EICOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 7500.0 | 39000.0 | 2.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Leaf | 18.0 | 10745.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | 16.0 | 21840.0 | 1.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FURFUROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 0.0 | 16.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Leaf | 0.0 | 18090.0 | 2.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 160.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Leaf | 0.0 | 560.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | 80.0 | 270.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 55.0 | -0.48 | 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 * |