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Plant 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
ASH 0 Seed 6000.0 33000.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Leaf *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 20.0 172.0 -0.39 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1264.0 10900.0 -0.51 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 94424.0 814000.0 1.61 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS 0 Leaf 150000.0 200000.0 0.71 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.1 1.2 -0.54 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.2 1.7 -0.29 *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Leaf *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
ELLAGOTANNINS 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivaginitic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 (View) *
Antiviral 21 (View) *
Antiviral? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 (View) *
Antixerophthalmic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 (View) *
Anxiolytic 6 (View) *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Apoptotic 9 (View) *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Artemicide 2 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Arteriodilator 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 (View) *
Asthma-preventive 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 6 (View) Martindale's 29th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 3 (View) Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 3 (View) Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 4 (View) *