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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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
(+)-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
Dermatitigenic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 4 (View) *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 (View) *
Diaphoretic 1 (View) *
Diaphoretic? 2 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 (View) *
Disinfectant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 15 (View) Merck 11th Edition
DNA-Active 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 (View) *
Dye 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Emetic 2 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-87.
Encephalopathic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 (View) *
Ergogenic 1 (View) *
Erythrocytogenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 2 (View) *
Fatal 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.