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
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Ataxigenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	6	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	3	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.
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.