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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Arbutus unedo (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Arbutus; Strawberry Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-DOTRIACONTANOL 0 Leaf *
1-TRIACONTANOL 0 Leaf *
15-NONACOSANOL 0 Leaf *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 27000.0 -0.37 *
ARBUTOFLAVONOL 0 Leaf *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Leaf *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
FAT 0 Seed 34000.0 368000.0 0.54 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Leaf *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Leaf *
LUPEOL 21 Leaf *
LYCOPENE 16 Leaf *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Leaf *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 31000.0 235000.0 0.01 *

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Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) 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.
Allergenic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 2 (View) *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 2 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antibacterial 8 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 4 (View) *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 (View) *