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
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 *

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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 *