Plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bearberry; Uva Ursi

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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHOL	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3,6-GALLOYL-D-GLUCOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE-3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-FLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-FLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYANISOLE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ALLANTOIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	83.0	719.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	114.3	186000.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Plant	75000.0	107000.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Tissue Culture	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN-GALLIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	22.0	191.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	5800.0	50000.0	-1.21	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	14	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	8	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th