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

Common Names

California Bay

How this plant is used

Medicinal

Download these results as:

List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE	2	Plant	10.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIA-6,9-DIENE	0	Plant	20.0	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Plant	40.0	160.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	200.0	800.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Plant	30.0	120.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Plant	130.0	520.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Plant	100.0	400.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVONE	1	Plant	10.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Plant	480.0	1920.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE	0	Plant	30.0	120.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Plant	280.0	1120.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Plant	40.0	160.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Plant	330.0	1320.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE	2	Plant	45.0	180.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLULONE	6	Plant	3900.0	15600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	16	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	1	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	1	Duke, 1992 *