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Plant Juniperus communis (Cupressaceae)

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
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
JUNICEDRAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNICEDROL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
JUNIONONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
JUNIONONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-14 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-15 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-16 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-17 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-18 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-19 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERAPRENOL-20 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPEROL 0 Wood not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit not available 3410.0 -0.38 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-ASCORBIC-ACID 1 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.
L-LIMONENE 2 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
L-MALEIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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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
Antifeedant 21 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *