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Plant Juniperus virginiana (Cupressaceae)

Common Names
Red Cedar
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
THUJOPSENE 2 Wood 4500.0 13500.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Shoot 2.7 128.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Shoot 0.2 2.6 1.45 Duke, 1992 *
WIDDROL 2 Wood 300.0 900.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Shoot 7.0 317.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Shoot 0.8 8.8 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *