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Plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bearberry; Uva Ursi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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