Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
2,3,6-GALLOYL-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE-3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-FLAVONE 0 Leaf *
3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-FLAVONE 0 Leaf *
4-HYDROXYANISOLE 0 Tissue Culture *
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ALLANTOIN 12 Plant *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Leaf *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Shoot *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 2 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 83.0 719.0 -0.01 *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 114.3 186000.0 1.99 *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant 75000.0 107000.0 1.08 *
ARBUTIN 15 Tissue Culture 30.0 *
ARBUTIN-GALLIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Leaf 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 *
ASH 0 Leaf 5800.0 50000.0 -1.21 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COMP-Inhibitor 2 (View) Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Convulsant 1 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-87.
Copper-Antagonist 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 (View) *
Corrosive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
COX-2-Inhibitor 7 (View) *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 3 (View) 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.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Cytoprotective 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 14 (View) *
Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Deodorant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Depigmentor 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Depressant 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.