Plant Juniperus communis (Cupressaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Juniper; Juniper

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
RESIN	0	Fruit	80000.0	100000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	0.6	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Essential Oil	not available	76000.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Fruit	172.0	2700.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANDARACOPIMARAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANDARACOPIMAROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANDAROPIMARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SANTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCIADOPITYSIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.1	0.2	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4(14),7(11)-DIENE	0	Fruit	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINAN-4(14)-7(11)-DIENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	1.4	4.5	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	20	Martindale's 28th
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	7	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	13	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.