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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Fruit | 19.0 | 192.0 | -0.50 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit | 54.0 | 542.0 | -0.13 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | 26.0 | 300.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | 336000.0 | 2.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit | 530.0 | 9200.0 | 1.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Fruit | 21.0 | 210.0 | -0.46 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Fruit | 16.0 | 640.0 | 3.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Fruit | 3.0 | 40.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | 24.0 | 240.0 | -0.37 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 19.0 | 61.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMENTOFLAVONE | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMENTOFLAVONE | 18 | 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. |
| AMENTOFLAVONE-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bronchomucotropic | 1 | 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. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchorrheic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 36 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 14 | Martindale's 28th |
| Candidistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillarigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |