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
COPPER	12	Shoot	0.8	17.6	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CUPARENE	1	Wood	300.0	900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	2000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Wood	15000.0	45000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Shoot	0.0	0.3	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Shoot	3.0	10.0	1.70	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	11.0	1320.0	1.10	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Shoot	0.7	132.0	1.52	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Shoot	0.2	0.4	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
M-METHYL-P-VINYLANISOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Shoot	266.0	8800.0	0.18	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
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Embryocide	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	2	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	9	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fumigant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Fungicide	8	HerbalGram No. 17.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *