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
MENTHOL	63	Fruit	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CITRONELLOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCECOMMUNAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	110.0	1800.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCEOCOMMUNIC-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.
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL-ACETATE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPITRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergenic	2	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	10	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th