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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 2340.0 9360.0 2.07 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ALLYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf 2530.0 *
ALPH-P-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Plant 70.0 280.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 45.0 180.0 0.98 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 20.0 80.0 -0.61 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 360.0 1440.0 0.54 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Plant 10.0 40.0 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.10 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 70.0 720.0 0.58 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 240.0 960.0 0.26 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 240.0 960.0 2.32 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant 70.0 280.0 1.50 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.51 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant 280.0 1120.0 3.67 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.45 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 230.0 920.0 0.56 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant 10.0 40.0 -0.65 *
DELTA-TERPINEOL 0 Plant 20.0 80.0 -0.48 *
EO 0 Essential Oil 46900.0 0.26 *
EO 0 Stem 5600.0 11300.0 0.09 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 16 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 *
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 2 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 *
Antiedemic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 *
Antifatigue 1 *