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
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	1	Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Bedows, E. and Hatfield, G.M. An Investigation of the Antiviral Activity of Podophyllum peltatum. J. Nat. Prod. 45: 725.
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *