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

Common Names

Arbutus; Strawberry Tree

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
1-DOTRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-TRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-NONACOSANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	not available	27000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTOFLAVONOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	34000.0	368000.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	31000.0	235000.0	0.01	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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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	Merck 11th Edition
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	2	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antialzheimeran	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic	1	Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antibacterial	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *