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.
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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Plant	2340.0	9360.0	2.07	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ALLYL-BENZENE	0	Leaf	not available	2530.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPH-P-DIMETHYLSTYRENE	0	Plant	70.0	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Plant	45.0	180.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	20.0	80.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	360.0	1440.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE	0	Plant	10.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	70.0	720.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	240.0	960.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	240.0	960.0	2.32	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	70.0	280.0	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Plant	280.0	1120.0	3.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	230.0	920.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Plant	10.0	40.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TERPINEOL	0	Plant	20.0	80.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Essential Oil	not available	46900.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Stem	5600.0	11300.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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 *
Antioxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	2	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	1	Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral	1	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella	3	Duke, 1992 *