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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CUPRESSUFLAVONE 0 Leaf *
CYCLOPOLY(D-GALACTURONIC-ACID) 0 Fruit *
DEHYDROABIETOL 0 Fruit *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit 2.0 20.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-VARENE 0 Leaf *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit *
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Fruit 1.0 -1.00 *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 14 Fruit *
DESOXYPICROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 0 Fruit *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 8 Fruit *
DL-EPICUBENOL 0 Wood *
EO 0 Fruit 6200.0 40000.0 -0.04 *
EO 0 Leaf *
EPIAFZELICHIN 0 Fruit *
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit *
ETHYL-LAURATE 1 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-MYRISTATE 1 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE 1 Fruit 1.0 10.0 -0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITOLEATE 0 Fruit 1.0 2.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL 17 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 3 *
Antimelanomic 5 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 6 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 2 *
Antimitotic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMRSA 1 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 26 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.