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

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
VERBENONE	5	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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	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 *