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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 1 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 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.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 *
Anticarcinomic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract 1 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antidiabetic 1 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidysenteric 1 *
AntiEBV 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiedemic 4 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antifeedant 1 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.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *