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Common Names
Bayrum Tree; West Indian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimite | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimutagenic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antioxidant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |