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

Common Names
Bearberry; Uva Ursi
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(6-O-GALLOYL-GALACTOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-MONO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RESORCINOL 17 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.0 -0.18 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 1.6 -0.26 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.8 7.0 -0.39 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 7.0 60.0 -0.64 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 6960.0 70000.0 -0.49 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 60000.0 200000.0 1.70 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TETRAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Acaricide 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 14 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th