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
(+)-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
Sialogogue 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Sodium-Sparing 1 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic 1 (View) *
Sunscreen 4 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppurative 1 (View) *
Taenicide 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Teratologic 1 (View) *
Testosteronigenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 (View) *
Thymoprotective 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Tinnitigenic 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 (View) *