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
Nephrotoxic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatoxic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Pediculicide	1	Merck 11th Edition
Perfume	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery	11	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	20	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *