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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.
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
CUPRESSUFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOPOLY(D-GALACTURONIC-ACID) 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROABIETOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit 2.0 20.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-VARENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Fruit not available 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPICROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-EPICUBENOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 6200.0 40000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELICHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-LAURATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-MYRISTATE 1 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE 1 Fruit 1.0 10.0 -0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITOLEATE 0 Fruit 1.0 2.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL 17 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 12 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.