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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Fruit	17360.0	56000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	539000.0	1.44	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERRUGINOL	4	Wood	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	not available	120000.0	-0.20	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Fruit	not available	120000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Fruit	not available	320000.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Fruit	1550.0	5000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	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.
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Fruit	1550.0	5000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN	2	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.
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Fruit	16.0	164.0	1.83	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Fruit	not available	160.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Fruit	not available	128.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Fruit	19.0	600.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	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.