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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENEICOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEPTADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEXACOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEXADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HEXANOL | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LEDENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | 140.0 | 6870.0 | 6.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Leaf | 130.0 | 1020.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | 130.0 | 1080.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Leaf | 30.0 | 12480.0 | 1.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | 130.0 | 16770.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTENONE | 0 | Leaf | 10.0 | 35.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONOTERPENES | 0 | Leaf | 2570.0 | 8740.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | 735.0 | 23800.0 | 8.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERAL | 4 | Leaf | 0.0 | 11080.0 | 2.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 32.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf | 0.0 | 110.0 | 0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERYL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NONADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |