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
MANGANESE	14	Shoot	11.0	2640.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Shoot	0.0	0.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Shoot	0.0	2.6	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Shoot	0.0	17.6	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	228.0	3168.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN	26	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	1368.0	14080.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCEDROL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Shoot	0.0	0.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Shoot	3.8	422.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Shoot	7.0	440.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	21000.0	86000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	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
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 *