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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
P-MENTHANE 0 Fruit 2.0 20.0 *
P-MENTHANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
P-MENTHANE-1-2-4-TRIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 7000.0 -0.55 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSAN 0 Fruit 60000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PHENYL-PYRUVIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
PHOSPHORIC-ACID 4 Leaf *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 279.0 900.0 -0.70 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2967.0 9570.0 -0.74 *
PROANTHOCYANINS 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 56420.0 182000.0 0.97 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Trichomonicide 6 *
Tumor-Promoter 2 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 10 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Verrucolytic 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 2 *