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Plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bearberry, Uva Ursi
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
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 2 (View) *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 (View) *
Catabolic 1 (View) *
Cathartic 2 (View) Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chelator 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive 4 (View) *
Cholagogue 2 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Choline-Sparing 1 (View) *
Circulotonic 1 (View) *
Clastogenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 (View) Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 2 (View) *
Cold-preventive 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 (View) *
Collagenic 2 (View) *
Colorant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th