Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Common Names: bearberry, bearberry manzanita, kinnikinnick, mealberry

Ethnobotanical Studies

Clinical Trials

Reducing antibiotic use for uncomplicated urinary tract infection in general practice by treatment with uva-ursi (REGATTA) - a double-blind, randomized, controlled comparative effectiveness trial.

Researchers investigated whether initial treatment with Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry extract) in women with UTI can reduce antibiotic use without increasing symptoms or complications.

Afshar K et al (2018).
BMC Complement Altern Med.
DOI:
10.1186/s12906-018-2266-x
PubMed:
29970072

Studies

Interactive effects of precipitation and above canopy nitrogen deposition on understorey vascular plants in a jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forest in northern Alberta, Canada.

McDonough AM and Watmough SA (2023).
Sci Total Environ.
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158708
PubMed:
36099949

Modulatory Effects of Arctostaphylos uva-urs Extract In Ovo Injected into Broiler Embryos Contaminated by Aflatoxin B1.

Elwan H et al (2022).
Animals (Basel).
DOI:
10.3390/ani12162042
PubMed:
36009632

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L. leaves extract and its modified cysteine preparation for the management of insulin resistance: chemical analysis and bioactivity.

Kravchenko G et al (2022).
Nat Prod Bioprospect.
DOI:
10.1007/s13659-022-00352-1
PubMed:
35953755

Bearberry in the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis (BRUMI): protocol of a multicentre, randomised double-blind clinical trial.

Tóth B et al (2022).
BMJ Open.
DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057982
PubMed:
35750460

Gurgem-7 toxicity assessment: Regulation of cell survival or death by traditional Mongolian prescription.

Batjargal A et al (2022).
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf.
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113660
PubMed:
35605329

Variation in Population and Solvents as Factors Determining the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Potential of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Leaf Extracts.

Sugier P, Sęczyk Ł and Sugier D (2022).
Molecules.
DOI:
10.3390/molecules27072247
PubMed:
35408643

Proteome changes in human bladder T24 cells induced by hydroquinone derived from Arctostaphylos uva-ursi herbal preparation.

Huđek Turković A et al (2022).
J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2022.115092
PubMed:
35143933

Discovery and Characterization of Phenolic Compounds in Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Leaves Using Liquid Chromatography-Ion Mobility-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

Phytochemistry
Song XC et al (2021).
J Agric Food Chem.
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jafc.1c02845
PubMed:
34493038

Nanostructured Ethosomal Gel Loaded with Arctostaphylosuva-Ursi Extract; In-Vitro/In-Vivo Evaluation as a Cosmeceutical Product for Skin Rejuvenation.

Javed N et al (2022).
Curr Drug Deliv.
DOI:
10.2174/1567201818666210729111026
PubMed:
34325633

Comparative stability of arbutin in Arctostaphylos uva-ursi by a new comprehensive stability-indicating HPLC method.

Braga VCC, Pianetti GA and César IC (2020).
Phytochem Anal.
DOI:
10.1002/pca.2953
PubMed:
32495959

Uva Ursi.

Review
(2021).
PubMed:
30000963

UHPLC-PDA-ESI-TOF/MS metabolic profiling of Arctostaphylos pungens and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. A comparative study of phenolic compounds from leaf methanolic extracts.

Phytochemistry
Panusa A et al (2015).
Phytochemistry.
DOI:
10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.01.002
PubMed:
25702282

Risk assessment of free hydroquinone derived from Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi folium herbal preparations.

Review
de Arriba SG, Naser B and Nolte KU (2013).
Int J Toxicol.
DOI:
10.1177/1091581813507721
PubMed:
24296864