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
HYPERIN 14 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf 13000.0 1.72 *
IRON 6 Leaf 12.0 105.0 -0.65 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 2710.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LUPEOL 21 Leaf *
LUPEOL 21 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 140.0 1210.0 -1.13 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 16.5 -0.43 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Leaf 57.0 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Root *
MO 0 Leaf *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Leaf *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Shoot 250.0 *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-GYLCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 1.4 12.0 -1.04 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Toxic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 2 (View) *
Trichomonicide 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 (View) *
Tumorigenic 2 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 (View) *
Uricosuric 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterorelaxant 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 (View) *
Varroacide 1 (View) *
Vasoconstrictor 1 (View) Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 9 (View) *
Vasopressor 3 (View) *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 (View) *