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
MANGANESE	14	Shoot	11.0	2640.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Shoot	0.0	0.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Shoot	0.0	2.6	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Shoot	0.0	17.6	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	228.0	3168.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN	26	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	1368.0	14080.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCEDROL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Shoot	0.0	0.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Shoot	3.8	422.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Shoot	7.0	440.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	21000.0	86000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
Antiradicular	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic	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
Antirheumatic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic	1	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseptic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonic	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 15(4): 199, 1990+
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire	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
Antispasmodic	5	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antistroke	2	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
Antisyndrome-X	6	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