Plant Juniperus communis (Cupressaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
SODIUM	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	not available	300000.0	0.76	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS	0	Fruit	24800.0	80000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
SUGIOL	1	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	50000.0	-0.43	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Essential Oil	not available	21000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit	13.0	1050.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL	18	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit	18.0	320.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	not available	1.2	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	0.4	1.2	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
THUJAN-4-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	9000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THUJOPSENE	2	Wood	not available	3700.0	-1.00	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
Trichomonicide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *