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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
HYPERIN 14 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.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available 13000.0 1.72 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 12.0 105.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf not available 2710.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LUPEOL 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 140.0 1210.0 -1.13 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 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.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 16.5 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Leaf not available 57.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ARBUTIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MO 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Shoot not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-GYLCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 1.4 12.0 -1.04 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.