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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |