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
HYPERIN 14 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf 13000.0 1.72 *
IRON 6 Leaf 12.0 105.0 -0.65 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 2710.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LUPEOL 21 Leaf *
LUPEOL 21 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 140.0 1210.0 -1.13 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 16.5 -0.43 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Leaf 57.0 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Root *
MO 0 Leaf *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Leaf *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Shoot 250.0 *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-GYLCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 1.4 12.0 -1.04 *
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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.