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
Antiseptic	16	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	11	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrichinosic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	5	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *