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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 5 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Termitifuge | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 6 | Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 4 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |