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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Umbellularia californica (Lauraceae)

Common Names
California Bay
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Plant 20.0 80.0 *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Plant 10.0 40.0 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.60 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant *
GERANIOL 35 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.44 *
GUAIA-6,9-DIENE 0 Plant 20.0 80.0 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 40.0 160.0 -0.39 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 200.0 800.0 -0.25 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Plant 30.0 120.0 -0.54 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 130.0 520.0 0.10 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 100.0 400.0 -0.32 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Plant 10.0 40.0 *
SABINENE 5 Plant 480.0 1920.0 0.94 *
SAFROLE 29 Plant *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE 0 Plant 30.0 120.0 1.00 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 280.0 1120.0 0.21 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant 40.0 160.0 0.67 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 330.0 1320.0 -0.41 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Plant 45.0 180.0 -0.20 *
UMBELLULONE 6 Plant 3900.0 15600.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 4 *
Allelopathic 3 *
Allergenic 10 *
Analgesic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anesthetic 6 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 5 *
Antiacne 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antiaggregant 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.