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
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) *