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
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(6-O-GALLOYL-GALACTOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-MONO-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RESORCINOL 17 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.0 -0.18 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 1.6 -0.26 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.8 7.0 -0.39 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 7.0 60.0 -0.64 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 6960.0 70000.0 -0.49 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 60000.0 200000.0 1.70 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TETRAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
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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.