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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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
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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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) *