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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 Sort descending 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 20.0 172.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1264.0 10900.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 94424.0 814000.0 1.61 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGOTANNINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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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Dermatitigenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Dermatitigenic) 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 Chemicals list for Detoxicant) Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 (View Chemicals list for Detoxicant (Alcohol)) Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Diaphoretic) Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 (View Chemicals list for Diaphoretic?) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 (View Chemicals list for Differentiator) Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 (View Chemicals list for Disinfectant) Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 15 (View Chemicals list for Diuretic) Merck 11th Edition
DNA-Active 1 (View Chemicals list for DNA-Active) 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 Chemicals list for DNA-Protective) Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 (View Chemicals list for Dye) Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Elastase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 (View Chemicals list for Emetic) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-87.
Encephalopathic 1 (View Chemicals list for Encephalopathic) Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 (View Chemicals list for Energizer) Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Ergogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Erythrocytogenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Estrogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 2 (View Chemicals list for Fatal) Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 (View Chemicals list for Febrifuge) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.