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

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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) *