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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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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
RESIN 0 Fruit 80000.0 100000.0 0.50 *
RHODOXANTHIN 1 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 0.6 -0.94 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit *
RUTIN 87 Leaf *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil 76000.0 -0.06 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit 172.0 2700.0 0.31 *
SABINENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil *
SANDARACOPIMARAL 0 Fruit *
SANDARACOPIMAROL 0 Fruit *
SANDAROPIMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SANTENE 0 Fruit *
SCIADOPITYSIN 3 Leaf *
SCUTELLAREIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.1 0.2 -0.34 *
SELINA-4(14),7(11)-DIENE 0 Fruit 2.0 *
SELINAN-4(14)-7(11)-DIENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Leaf *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.4 4.5 -0.59 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Pheromonal 1 *
Pheromone 1 *
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photoactive 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.