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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TIN 4 Fruit 20.0 63.0 -0.13 *
TORULOSAL 0 Fruit *
TORULOSIC-ACID 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TORULOSOL 0 Fruit *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Fruit 1.0 10.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-PIN-2-ENE 0 Fruit 7.0 66.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Fruit 3.0 30.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID 2 Leaf *
TRANS-CALAMANENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TRANS-COMMUNIC-ACID 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -0.52 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-VERBENOL 0 Fruit 1.0 12.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRICYCLENE 0 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Leaf *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf *
VERBENONE 5 Essential Oil 2000.0 -1.00 *
WATER 0 Fruit 690000.0 -0.35 *
WIDDROL 2 Wood 100.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 2 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 4 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 11 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.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.