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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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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 75.0 *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXY-LABDA-8(17)-TRANS-13-DIEN-15-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf 75.0 *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXYMANOOL 1 Leaf 2350.0 *
4-ACETYL-1,4-DIMETHYL-1-CYCLOHEXENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4-ETHOXY-P-MENTHEN-1-ENE 0 Flower 8.0 78.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-ALPHA-HYDROXYABIETINIC-ACID 0 Plant 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 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit 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 *
AGATHOLAL 0 Fruit *
ALLO-BETULIN 0 Fruit *
ALLO-BETULIN 0 Leaf *
ALLO-BETULIN 0 Stem *
ALPHA,BETA-DIMETHYLSTEROL 0 Fruit 4.0 40.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Stem *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Fruit *
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 *
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 5 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 10 *
Insectifuge 26 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.