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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
O-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Shoot *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Tissue Culture 454.5 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf *
P-METHOXY-PHENOL 1 Root *
PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 8 Leaf *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 43.0 370.0 -0.85 *
PICEOSIDE 0 Leaf *
PO 0 Leaf *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 444.0 3830.0 -1.17 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 12876.0 111000.0 -1.01 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 25000.0 256000.0 0.20 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-(6-O-GALLOYL-GALACTOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 (View) *
Memorigenic 1 (View) *
Metal-Chelator 2 (View) McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 3 (View) *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Mosquitocide 1 (View) *
Mucogenic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide 2 (View) *
Mycoplasmistat 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myorelaxant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
NEP-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Nephrotoxic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective 3 (View) *
Neurotransmitter 1 (View) *