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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
CHOLESTEROL 1 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.
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 1.0 3.2 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-1-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-2-ENE 0 Fruit 3.0 30.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Fruit 1.0 3.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-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.
CIS-ACONITIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CALAMANENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-COMMUNAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-COMMUNIC-ACID 2 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.
CIS-COMMUNOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Fruit not available 160.0 1.13 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 4.0 12.3 0.95 Duke, 1992 *
COMMUNIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COSMOSIIN 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUPARENE 1 Wood not available 300.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *