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
3-CARENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Wood	5250.0	15750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Shoot	57.0	8800.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	38000.0	88000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Shoot	4.0	880.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Shoot	4.0	44.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Shoot	0.0	1.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	7980.0	31680.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CEDRENE	1	Wood	12000.0	36000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CEDRENOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEDROL	3	Wood	450.0	6300.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Shoot	0.1	2.6	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Shoot	0.0	1.3	-0.75	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
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	4	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
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	7	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1	Chem & Pharm. Bull., 34: 3854, 1986.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplaque	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.