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
3-ALPHA-HYDROXY-LABDA-8(17)-TRANS-12-14-TRIEN-19-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXY-LABDA-8(17)-TRANS-13-DIEN-15-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXYMANOOL	1	Leaf	not available	2350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ACETYL-1,4-DIMETHYL-1-CYCLOHEXENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-ETHOXY-P-MENTHEN-1-ENE	0	Flower	8.0	78.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-ALPHA-HYDROXYABIETINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin.
8-ETHOXY-P-CYMENE	0	Fruit	4.0	45.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	9000.0	1.95	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AGATHADIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AGATHOLAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-BETULIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-BETULIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-BETULIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA,BETA-DIMETHYLSTEROL	0	Fruit	4.0	40.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit	3.0	33.0	-0.64	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Fruit	4.0	45.0	-0.62	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HIMACHALINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	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.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	2	Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ciliotoxic	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.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.