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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Juniperus communis (Cupressaceae)

Common Names
Common Juniper, Juniper
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SODIUM 1 Fruit *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
SUGAR 0 Fruit 300000.0 0.76 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS 0 Fruit 24800.0 80000.0 -0.55 *
SUGIOL 1 Wood *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 50000.0 -0.43 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil 21000.0 -0.41 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit 13.0 1050.0 -0.20 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil *
TERPINEOL 18 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit 18.0 320.0 1.40 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.2 -0.53 *
THIAMINE 0 Fruit 0.4 1.2 -1.08 *
THUJAN-4-OL 0 Essential Oil 9000.0 *
THUJOPSENE 2 Wood 3700.0 -1.00 *
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