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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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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
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.