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Plant 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
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 25000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit 22.0 580.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available 32.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BILOBETIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available 4000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Fruit 2.0 40.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE 4 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Fruit not available 71.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 2632.0 8490.0 1.07 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 8 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 37 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 78 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *