Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Juniperus virginiana (Cupressaceae)

Common Names
Red Cedar
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
3-CARENE 0 Leaf *
4-TERPINENOL 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Wood 5250.0 15750.0 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Shoot 57.0 8800.0 0.75 *
ASH 0 Shoot 38000.0 88000.0 -0.34 *
BARIUM 0 Shoot 4.0 880.0 -0.13 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Leaf *
BORON 4 Shoot 4.0 44.0 -0.63 *
CADINENE 4 Leaf *
CADMIUM 3 Shoot 0.0 1.0 -0.47 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 7980.0 31680.0 1.24 *
CEDRENE 1 Wood 12000.0 36000.0 1.00 *
CEDRENOL 0 Wood *
CEDROL 3 Wood 450.0 6300.0 1.00 *
CHROMIUM 24 Shoot 0.1 2.6 0.05 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf *
COBALT 2 Shoot 0.0 1.3 -0.75 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) *
Antiacne 4 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.