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
Larvicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	3	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	5	Fitoterapia No.61: 254, 1990.
Narcotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide	12	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic	3	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	2	Merck 11th Edition
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	20	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.