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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insectiphile | 5 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 23 | 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. |
| Juvabional | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 10 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |