Bay leaf
Contents
Classification
- Botanical Name : Pimenta racemosa
- Other Names : Bay St. Thomas, West Indian Bay
- CAS Number : 8006-78-8
- Origin :West Indies, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
Extraction Method
- Parts Used : Leaves
- Steam distillation
- Physical Description : yellow to amber brown clear oily liquid
Olfactory Description
- Family : Camphoraceous
- Perfumery Note: Top
- Medicinal fruity spicy herbaceous herbal fresh camphoraceous sweet warm balsamic
Chemical Constituents
37 0.00-0.39 alpha- amorphene : 0.00-0.39 38 0.00-0.09 aromadendrene : 0.00-0.09 40 0.00-0.28 allo- aromadendrene : 0.00-0.28 41 0.00-<0.01 beta- cadinene : 0.00-<0.01 49 0.28-1.03 delta- cadinene : 0.28-1.03 47 0.05-0.15 gamma- cadinene : 0.05-0.15 55 0.00-0.30 alpha- cadinol : 0.00-0.30 53 0.00-<0.01 gamma- cadinol : 0.00-<0.01 48 <0.01-0.07 (Z)- calamenene : <0.01-0.07 3 0.00-0.14 camphene : 0.00-0.14 21 0.00-<0.01 camphor : 0.00-<0.01 36 0.64-7.24 beta- caryophyllene : 0.64-7.24 42 0.00-0.17 beta- chamigrene : 0.00-0.17 26 <0.01-15.51 chavicol : <0.01-15.51 14 1.38-1.39 1,8- cineole : 1.38-1.39 27 0.00-0.11 (E)- cinnamaldehyde : 0.00-0.11 32 0.32-0.41 alpha- copaene : 0.32-0.41 30 0.00-<0.01 alpha- cubebene : 0.00-<0.01 23 0.00-<0.01 para- cymen-8-ol : 0.00-<0.01 19 <0.01-0.97 para- cymene : <0.01-0.97 12 0.00-0.30 alpha-para- dimethyl styrene :0.00-0.30 33 0.00-0.20 beta- elemene : 0.00-0.20 31 44.41-68.93 eugenol : 44.41-68.93 50 0.00-0.51 eugenyl acetate : 0.00-0.51 46 0.00-0.59 alpha- farnesene : 0.00-0.59 29 0.00-0.22 geranial : 0.00-0.22 28 0.00-0.12 geraniol : 0.00-0.12 52 0.00-0.36 globulol : 0.00-0.36 35 0.00-0.13 alpha- gurjunene : 0.00-0.13 39 0.15-1.31 alpha- humulene : 0.15-1.31 13 2.07-3.90 limonene : 2.07-3.90 20 0.13-3.63 linalool : 0.13-3.63 25 0.03-0.05 methyl chavicol : 0.03-0.05 34 0-11.88 methyl eugenol : 0-11.88 45 0.00-0.05 alpha- muurolene : 0.00-0.05 54 0.00-<0.01 gamma- muurolol : 0.00-<0.01 8 0.10-16.17 myrcene : 0.10-16.17 16 0.08-1.42 (E)-beta- ocimene : 0.08-1.52 9 0.00-0.84 3- octanol : 0.00-0.84 7 0.00-1.10 3- octanone : 0.00-1.10 5 0.00-1.74 1- octen-3-ol : 0.00-1.74 10 0.07-0.45 alpha- phellandrene : 0.07-0.45 2 0.46-0.47 alpha- pinene : 0.46-0.47 6 0.00-0.09 beta- pinene : 0.00-0.09 4 0.00-<0.1 sabinene : 0.00-<0.1 44 0.00-0.63 alpha- selinene : 0.00-0.63 43 0.00-0.33 beta- selinene : 0.00-0.33 51 0.00-0.12 spathulenol : 0.00-0.12 22 0.05-0.90 terpinen-4-ol : 0.05-0.90 11 0.02-0.19 alpha- terpinene : 0.02-0.19 17 <0.01-0.16 gamma- terpinene : <0.01-0.16 24 0.14-0.52 alpha- terpineol : 0.14-0.52 18 0.09-0.24 terpinolene : 0.09-0.24 1 0.0-<0.1 alpha- thujene : 0.0-<0.1