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.
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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.