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Plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bearberry; Uva Ursi
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3016.0 26000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 20000.0 500000.0 1.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 121000.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf not available 121000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf not available 362000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Leaf not available 3.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FOENICULIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Leaf 150000.0 200000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf 2000.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES 0 Leaf 50000.0 180000.0 not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
HYDROQUINONES 0 Leaf 5800.0 180000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 7 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.