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
CUPRESSUFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOPOLY(D-GALACTURONIC-ACID)	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROABIETOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	2.0	20.0	-0.58	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-VARENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL	1	Fruit	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPICROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-EPICUBENOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	6200.0	40000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELICHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-LAURATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Fruit	1.0	10.0	-0.69	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITOLEATE	0	Fruit	1.0	2.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	37	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FPTase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fumigant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Fungicide	27	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Fungitoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.