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
MENTHOL	63	Fruit	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CITRONELLOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCECOMMUNAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	110.0	1800.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCEOCOMMUNIC-ACID	0	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.
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL-ACETATE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPETIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEPITRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	14	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.