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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.
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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(6-O-GALLOYL-GALACTOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 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.
RESORCINOL 17 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 1.6 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.8 7.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 7.0 60.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 6960.0 70000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 60000.0 200000.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TETRAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.