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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fibrinolytic 1 (View) *
Fistula-Preventive 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 4 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Fungicide 10 (View) *
Fungistat 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective 3 (View) *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 (View) *
Gonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 (View) *
Gram(-)icide 1 (View) *
Hemopoietic 1 (View) *
Hemostat 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostatic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 (View) *
Hepatomagenic 1 (View) Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 15 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.