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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCIMENE | 2 | Leaf | 100.0 | 340.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 18.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | 16.0 | 750.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTACOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PENTADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 0.0 | 215.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TERPINOLINE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TETRADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TETROCOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJONE | 17 | Leaf | 0.0 | 16.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-HEXENOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | 210.0 | 715.0 | 1.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRIDECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| VERBENOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 16.0 | -1.00 | 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 * |