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Common Names
Common Juniper; Juniper
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 1.0 | 3.2 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-1-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-2-ENE | 0 | Fruit | 3.0 | 30.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 3.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE | 0 | Fruit | 3.0 | 30.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-ACONITIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CALAMANENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-COMMUNAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-COMMUNIC-ACID | 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. |
| CIS-COMMUNOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Fruit | not available | 160.0 | 1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 4.0 | 12.3 | 0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMMUNIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUPARENE | 1 | Wood | not available | 300.0 | -1.00 | 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 * |