Plant Juniperus virginiana (Cupressaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Red Cedar

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
3-CARENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Wood	5250.0	15750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Shoot	57.0	8800.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	38000.0	88000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Shoot	4.0	880.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Shoot	4.0	44.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Shoot	0.0	1.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	7980.0	31680.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CEDRENE	1	Wood	12000.0	36000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CEDRENOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEDROL	3	Wood	450.0	6300.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Shoot	0.1	2.6	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Shoot	0.0	1.3	-0.75	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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	3	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.