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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
L-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LEUCOANTHOCYANIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available 31000.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 76.0 910.0 -0.62 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE-PEROXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE-PEROXIDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LONGIFOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LUPEOL 21 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 9.0 30.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 2.0 6.3 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
MANOOL 2 Leaf not available 87.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 2 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.
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 17 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.