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
CUPRESSUFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOPOLY(D-GALACTURONIC-ACID)	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROABIETOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	2.0	20.0	-0.58	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-VARENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL	1	Fruit	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPICROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-EPICUBENOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	6200.0	40000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELICHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-LAURATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Fruit	1.0	10.0	-0.69	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITOLEATE	0	Fruit	1.0	2.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer	11	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Oral)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	7	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.