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Plant Juniperus sabina (Cupressaceae)

Common Names
Sabine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
EO 0 Shoot 30000.0 50000.0 3.67 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHUJONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPERIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OPLOPENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALUSTRADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINIPICRINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAVININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THAPSIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 2 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 2 Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8.
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antiseptic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 7 Buchbauer, G., Jirovetz*, L., Nikiforov, A., Remberg, G., Raverdino, V. 1989. Headspace-Analysis and Aroma Compounds of Austrian Hay-Blossoms (Flores Graminis, Graminis Flos) used in Aromatherapy. J. Ess. Oil Res., 2: 185-191, 1990.
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *