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Plant Umbellularia californica (Lauraceae)

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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoregenerative 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Herbicide 9 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 7 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 15 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 13 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.