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
AMENTOFLAVONE-TRIMETHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTICOPALOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
AROMADENDRENE	3	Fruit	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	600.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	9920.0	32000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	4.0	12.2	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMEN-7-ALPHA-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Fruit	10.0	100.0	-0.43	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-FENCHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	110000.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	66.0	660.0	-0.36	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	10	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	28	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	7	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.