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
GEIJERONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D	2	Fruit	3.0	32.0	1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GINNOL	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	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.
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	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.
GLYCOLIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HINOKIFLAVONE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Fruit	not available	102.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-OXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-OXIDE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOLAETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMBRICATOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin.
IRON	6	Fruit	5.0	15.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCRYPTOMERIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCUPRESSIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	2637.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCUPRESSINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin.
ISOPIMARAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMARIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMAROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	15	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	8	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.