Editing Bay leaf (section)

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Bay leaves can also be used scattered in a [[pantry]] to repel [[meal moth]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.care2.com/greenliving/repel-grain-moths-with-bay-leaves.html |title=How to Repel Grain Moths with Bay Leaves |access-date=2009-04-11 }}</ref> flies,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Palacios |first1=S |last2=Bertoni |first2=A |last3=Rossi |first3=Y |last4=Santander |first4=R |last5=Urzua |first5=A |year=2009 |title=Efficacy of Essential Oils from Edible Plants as Insecticides Against the House Fly, ''Musca domestica'' L. |journal=Molecules |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=1938–1947 |doi=10.3390/molecules14051938 |pmid=19471213 |pmc=6254201 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and cockroaches.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Naturally Occurring Pest Bioregulators |volume=449 |doi=10.1021/bk-1991-0449 |series=ACS Symposium Series |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-8412-1897-0 |last1=Hedin |first1=Paul Arthur |last2=Hedin |first2=Paul A. |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/naturallyoccurri00paul }}</ref> Mediouni-Ben Jemaa and Tersim 2011 find the [[essential oil]] to be usable as an [[insect repellent]].<ref name="Moharramipour-Negahban-2014">{{cite book | editor-last=Sahayaraj | editor-first=K. | last1=Moharramipour | first1=Saeid | last2=Negahban | first2=Maryam | title=Basic and Applied Aspects of Biopesticides | chapter=Plant Essential Oils and Pest Management | publisher=[[Springer India]] | publication-place=[[New Delhi]] | year=2014 | isbn=978-81-322-1876-0 | oclc=884262582 | pages=129–153}} {{ISBN|978-81-322-1877-7}}.</ref>{{rp|131}}

Bay leaves have been used in [[entomology]] as the active ingredient in [[killing jar]]s. The crushed, fresh, young leaves are put into the jar under a layer of paper. The vapors they release kill insects slowly but effectively and keep the specimens relaxed and easy to mount. The leaves discourage the growth of molds. They are not effective for killing large beetles and similar specimens, but insects that have been killed in a cyanide killing jar can be transferred to a laurel jar to await mounting.<ref  name=JohnSmart>{{cite book | last = Smart | first = John | title = British Museum (Natural History) Instructions for Collectors NO. 4A. Insects | publisher = Trustees of the British Museum | location = London | year = 1963  }}</ref> There is confusion in the literature about whether ''Laurus nobilis'' is a source of cyanide to any practical extent, but there is no evidence that cyanide is relevant to its value in killing jars. It certainly is rich in various essential oil components that could incapacitate insects in high concentrations; such compounds include [[Eucalyptol|1,8-cineole]], alpha-terpinyl acetate, and [[methyl eugenol]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Marzouki | first1 = H | last2 = Piras | first2 = A | last3 = Salah | first3 = KB | last4 = Medini | first4 = H | last5 = Pivetta | first5 = T | last6 = Bouzid | first6 = S | last7 = Marongiu | first7 = B | last8 = Falconieri | first8 = D | year = 2009 | title = Essential oil composition and variability of Laurus nobilis L. growing in Tunisia, comparison and chemometric investigation of different plant organs | journal = Nat Prod Res | volume = 23 | issue = 4| pages = 343–54 | doi = 10.1080/14786410802076200 | pmid = 19296375 | s2cid = 5971542 }}</ref> It also is unclear to what extent the alleged effect of cyanide released by the crushed leaves has been mis-attributed to ''Laurus nobilis'' in confusion with the unrelated ''[[Prunus laurocerasus]]'', the so-called cherry laurel, which certainly does contain dangerous concentrations of cyanogenic glycosides<ref name= "vWvHvO">{{cite book |last1=van Wyk |first1=Ben-Erik |last2=van Heerden |first2=Fanie |last3=van Oudtshoorn |first3=Bosch |title=Poisonous Plants of South Africa |publisher=Briza |location=Pretoria |year=2002 |isbn=978-1875093304}}</ref> together with the enzymes to generate the [[hydrogen cyanide]] from the glycocides if the leaf is physically damaged.<ref name="SchomburgSalzmann2013">{{cite book|author1=Dietmar Schomburg|author2=Margit Salzmann|title=Enzyme Handbook: Volume 1: Class 4: Lyases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uf7CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT270|date=11 November 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-86605-0|pages=270–}}</ref>

Bay leaves are used in [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] liturgy. To mark [[Jesus]]' [[Harrowing of Hell#Orthodoxy|destruction of Hades]] and freeing of the dead, parishioners throw bay leaves and flowers into the air, letting them flutter to the ground. <ref>{{cite web |title=ORTHODOX BELIEF: JESUS WENT TO HELL |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-04-28-9704280142-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>