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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIN | 4 | Fruit | 20.0 | 63.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TORULOSAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TORULOSIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| TORULOSOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 10.0 | not available | 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 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE | 0 | Fruit | 3.0 | 30.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CALAMANENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-COMMUNIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBENONE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 690000.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WIDDROL | 2 | Wood | not available | 100.0 | -1.00 | 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. |