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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
FAT 0 Fruit 17360.0 56000.0 -0.21 *
FAT 0 Seed 539000.0 1.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERRUGINOL 4 Wood 10.0 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf *
FIBER 15 Fruit 120000.0 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit 120000.0 -0.27 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit 320000.0 -0.97 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1550.0 5000.0 1.00 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit 1550.0 5000.0 -0.60 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Fruit 16.0 164.0 1.83 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Fruit 160.0 1.41 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit 128.0 -1.00 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 19.0 600.0 -0.54 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil *
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