Anti-Hyperglycemic Property Of Medicinal Plants
Amit Baran Sharangi, K. V. Peter in Medicinal Plants, 2023
Juniperus communis, commonly known as juniper berry, is a member of Cupressaceae family, and widely grown in North America, Asia, and Europe. It is a small coniferous plant or shrub and has anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic potential. Sánchez de Medina et al. (1994) reported that juniper decoction at a dosage of 0.25 g/kg, significantly decreased glucose levels in normoglycemic rats and a dosage of 125 mg/kg was efficient for STZ-I hyperglycemic rats. They suggested that the hypoglycemic effect of juniper can be due to either an increase in peripheral glucose consumption or a potentiation of glucose-induced insulin secretion (Sánchez et al., 1994). Methanolic extract of juniper has been evaluated against type 2 diabetes in streptozotocin nicotinamide induced (STZN-I) hyperglycemic rats. A significant reduction in blood glucose level along with different lipid profile parameters was reported (Banerjee et al., 2013).
Monographs of essential oils that have caused contact allergy / allergic contact dermatitis
Anton C. de Groot in Monographs in Contact Allergy, 2021
Juniper berry oil is a colorless, sometimes greenish clear mobile liquid, which has a fresh and herbaceous, typical ‘gin’- note odor with fruity-woody note. In juniper berry oils from various origins, over 295 chemicals have been identified. About 45 per cent of these were found in a single reviewed publication only. The ten chemicals that had the highest maximum concentrations in 395 commercial juniper berry essential oil samples are shown in table 6.35.1 (Erich Schmidt, analytical data presented in ref. 8).
Production of Essential Oils
K. Hüsnü Can Başer, Gerhard Buchbauer in Handbook of Essential Oils, 2020
Another pertinent point is how much twig and leaf material can be used in juniper berry oil. In Indonesia, it is common practice to space individual layers of patchouli leaves in the distillation vessel with twigs of the gurjun tree. Gurjun balsam present in the twigs contains an essential oil that contaminates the patchouli oil. Can this be considered to constitute an adulteration or simply a tool required for the production of the oil?
Medicinal plants consumption against urinary tract infections: a narrative review of the current evidence
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2021
Efthymios Poulios, Georgios K. Vasios, Evmorfia Psara, Constantinos Giaginis
Okragla and coworkers obtained the microtox test, in order to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of herbal infusions, used in UTIs. Herbs used were lingonberry leaf, birch leaf, wild thyme extract, dwarf everlast flower, goldenrod, restharrow, agrimony, rowanberry, black elderberry, and juniper berry. This study evaluated which of the herbal infusions applied for the treatment and reduction of UTIs symptoms exert the highest efficiency, and at which concentration levels (5.85 mg/mL; 0.59 mg/mL; 0.29 mg/mL). The findings of this study supported evidence that the Microtox test may be effectively utilized to evaluate the therapeutic potential of herbal infusions. According to this study, both in preventative medicine, as well as in aiding UTIs treatment, the principal benefit was carried out by herbal infusions of wild thyme and birch leaf (at all concentrations), and also by infusions at higher concentrations (approximately 5.85 mg/mL) of lingonberry leaf, dwarf everlast flower, agrimony, goldenrod, artichoke herb, and juniper berry [49]. In another study, Ukah and coworkers reported a reduced risk of antimicrobial-resistant UTIs, induced by intestinal acquisition of antimicrobial-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC), related with apples, nectarines, peppers, fresh herbs, and peanuts consumption [50].
Chemopreventive efficacy of juniper berry oil (Juniperus communis L.) on azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in rat
Published in Nutrition and Cancer, 2021
Turan Yaman, Ahmet Uyar, Ahmet Ufuk Kömüroğlu, Ömer Faruk Keleş, Zabit Yener
The juniper berry (JB), J. communis, is rich in polyphenols, polyphenol esters, and monoterpene hydrocarbons (20, 21). JB oil exhibits a wide range of pharmacological activities due to its high concentrations of α-pinene, P-cymene, and β-pinene (22). JB extract has exhibited significant antioxidant activity against various oxidant systems In Vitro (23). It has been reported that the natural mixture in the J. communis alcoholic extract composition could be used to treat cancer because it has preventive properties specific to the cell cycle (24). Research has also shown that various parts of the JB tree are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases (25, 26).
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