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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
THUJOPSENE 2 Wood 4500.0 13500.0 1.00 *
TITANIUM 0 Shoot 2.7 128.0 0.41 *
VANADIUM 16 Shoot 0.2 2.6 1.45 *
WIDDROL 2 Wood 300.0 900.0 1.00 *
ZINC 77 Shoot 7.0 317.0 0.06 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Shoot 0.8 8.8 1.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 3 *
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 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 1 *
Expectorant 2 *
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 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
GST-Inducer 1 *