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
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	25000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	22.0	580.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Fruit	not available	32.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BILOBETIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	4000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Fruit	2.0	40.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE	0	Fruit	not available	71.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	2632.0	8490.0	1.07	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.