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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Common Name(s):
bearberry syn bear's grape syn brawlins syn creashak syn mountain box syn tchakoshe-pukk syn kleh syn At-tung-a-wi-at syn iss-salthReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Fedoseyeva, L. M., S. I. Kerasheva, et al. (2000). Antimicrobial activity of dry extract from leaves of Bergenia crassifolia (L.) Fritsch. with respect to pathogenes of some suppurative inflammatory diseases. Rastitel'nye Resursy 36(1): 53-57.
Belousov, M. V., V. P. Grakhov, et al. (1999). Free phenolcarbonic acids of the Ericaceae family plants of Siberian and Russian Far Eastern flora. Rastitel'nye Resursy 35(3): 74-81.
del, B. J., C. E. Luis, et al. (1999). Vegetative response of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi to experimental cutting and burning. Plant Ecology. Dec. 145(2): 191-195. {a} Area de Ecologia, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Leon, 24071, Leon, Spain
Ivanova, G. A. and Y. V. Vikhareva (1999). Study of the influence of the preparing method for aqueous extracts from Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L. and Vaccinium vitis idaea L. leaves for arbutin and tannine matter yields from the plant material. Farmatsiya Moscow. Nov. Dec. 48(6): 35-36.
Salemaa, M., M. I. Vanha, et al. (1999). Compensatory growth of two clonal dwarf shrubs, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and Vaccinium uliginosum in a heavy metal polluted environment. Plant Ecology. April 141(1-2): 79-91. {a} Vantaa Research Centre, Finnish Forest Research Institute, FIN-01301, Vantaa, Finland
Szkudlarz, P. (1999). The morphological and anatomical structure of fleshy fruits in family Ericaceae. Biological Bulletin of Poznan 36(1): 43-56. {a} Department of Plant Taxonomy, A. Mickiewicz University, Niepodleglosci 14, 61-713, Poznan, Poland
Balogh, G. J. and J. H. Wilterding (1998). A new species of Pyla Grote and redescription of Pyla aequivoca Heinrich (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100(4): 704-723. {a} 6275 Liteolier, Portage, MI 49024, USA
Kristinsson, H. (1998). Plant community changes around the aluminium smelter in Straumsvik, Iceland. Natturufraedingurinn 67(3-4): 241-254. {a} Natturufraedistofnun Islands/Icelandic Inst. Nat. Hist., Postholf/P.O. Box 180, IS-602 Akureyri, Iceland
Rodriguez, N., C. Martin, et al. (1998). An easy method for the rapid micropropagation of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. (Ericaceae). Phyton Buenos Aires 63(1-2): 111-117. Dep. Biol. Vegetal, Escuela Tecnica Superior Ingenieros Agronomos, Univ. Politecnica Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Spitzer, K. and J. Jaros (1998). Argyroploce arbutella (Tortricidae) associated with a montane peat bog in the Sumava Mountains, Czech Republic. Nota Lepidopterologica 21(4): 283-289. Inst. Entomol., Czech Acad. Sci., Branisovska 31, CZ-370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Matsuro, K., M. Kobayashi, et al. (1997). Anti-tyrosinase activity constituents of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Yakugaku Zasshi 117(12): 1028-1032. {a} Fac. Pharmaceutical Sci., Kinki Univ., 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577, Japan
Molina, R., J. E. Smith, et al. (1997). Biology of the ectomycorrhizal genus, Rhizopogon. New Phytologist 137(3): 519-528. {a} U.S. Dep. Agriculture, Forest Serv., Pacific Northwest Res. Station, Forestry Sciences Lab., 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Welch, D. and D. Scott (1997). Decline of moorland plants following the establishment of a Scots pine plantation. Botanical Journal of Scotland 49(1): 27-37. Inst. Terrestrial Ecol., Banchory Res. Station, Hill Brathens, Glassel, Banchory, Kincardineshire AB31 4BY, UK
Belousov, M. V., A. I. Nikitin, et al. (1996). The influence of foliar water extracts of some Ericaceae species on the kidney excretory function. Rastitel'nye Resursy 32(3): 106-113. {a} Sib. State Med. Univ., Tomsk, Russia
Mukhina, V. F. (1996). Seed regeneration of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in Central Yakutia. Rastitel'nye Resursy 32(1-2): 17-40. V.N. Sukachev Inst. For., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Nikolaev, S. M., L. N. Shantanova, et al. (1996). Pharmacological activity of the dry extract from the leaves of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L. in experimental nephropyelitis. Rastitel'nye Resursy 32(3): 118-123. Buryat Inst. Biol., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Ulan-Ude, Russia
Ritch, K. E. M., S. Thomas, et al. (1996). Carrier herbal medicine: Traditional and contemporary plant use. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 52(2): 85-94. {a} Coll. New Caledonia, 3330 22nd Ave., Prince George, BC V2N 1P8, Canada
Rumble, M. A. and S. H. Anderson (1996). Feeding ecology of Merriam's turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo merriami) in the Black Hills, South Dakota. American Midland Naturalist 136(1): 157-171. {a} U.S. Forest Serv., Rocky Mountain Forest Range Exp. Stn., 501 E. St. Joseph, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
Schlussel, A. and J. P. Theurillat (1996). Synusial structure of heathlands at the subalpine/alpine ecocline in Valais (Switzerland). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 103(4): 795-800. {a} Conservatoire Botanique Geneve, Case postale 60, CH-1292 Chambesy, Switzerland
Komissarenko, A. N. and T. V. Tochkova (1995). Biologically active substances in the leaves of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. and their quantitative analysis. Rastitel'nye Resursy 31(1): 37-44. {a} Ukr. Pharm. Acad., Kharkov, Ukraine
Krasnov, V. P., O. O. Orlov, et al. (1995). Peculiarities of accumulation of caesium-137 by officinal plants Vacciniaceae S.F. Gray and Ericaceae Juss. in Ukrainian Polessie. Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 52(4): 472-478. Polessye Agrofor. Land Reclam. Res. Stn., Ukr. Res. Inst. For. Agric., pr. Miru 38, 262004 Zhitomir, Ukraine
Kuvaev, V. B., D. A. Shakhin, et al. (1995). Progressive successions on fell areas of lichen pine forests in Yenisei-taiga (Krasnoyarsk District). Botanicheskii Zhurnal St Petersburg 80(9): 76-95. A.N. Severtsov Inst. Probl. Ecol. Evol., Russ. Acad. Sci., Moscow, Russia
Malinowska, H. (1995). The selects of bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.) from natural populations in Poland. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 64(1): 91-96. Dep. Seed Sci. Technol. and Nursery, Agric. Univ. Poznan, Div. Dendrol. Nursery Sci., Baranowo k/Poznania, ul. Szamotulska 24, 62-081 Przezmierowo, Poland
Mukhina, V. F. (1995). Fructification of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in Central Yakutia. Rastitel'nye Resursy 31(3): 81-89. V.N. Sukachev Inst. For., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Mukhina, V. F. (1995). Evaluating the stock density of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in Central Yakutia. Rastitel'nye Resursy 31(2): 75-78. V.N. Sukachev Inst. For., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Mukhina, V. F. (1995). Methods of forecasting the yield of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in Central Yakutia. Rastitel'nye Resursy 31(1): 94-100. V.N. Sukachev Inst. For., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Youngblood, A. (1995). Development patterns in young conifer-hardwood forests of interior Alaska. Journal of Vegetation Science 6(2): 229-236. USDA Forest Serv., Pacific Northwest Res. Station, Silviculture Lab., 1027 NW Trenton Ave., Bend, OR 97701, USA
Gottesfeld, L. M. J. (1994). Wet'Suwet'en ethnobotany: Traditional plant uses. Journal of Ethnobiology 14(2): 185-210. Anthropol. Dep., 13-15 HM Tory Building, University Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada
Grases, F., G. Melero, et al. (1994). Urolithiasis and phytotherapy. International Urology and Nephrology 26(5): 507-511. Dep. Chem., Univ. Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Guitian, J., I. Munilla, et al. (1994). Frugivory and seed dispersal by redwings Turdus iliacus in southwest Iceland. Ecography 17(4): 314-320. {a} Dep. Biol. Fundamental, Univ. Santiago, E-15071 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Mukhina, V. F. (1994). Grinding of medicinal raw material of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. as a method of acceleration of its drying. Rastitel'nye Resursy 30(4): 47-53. V.N. Sukachev Inst. For., Sib. Div., Russ. Acad. Sci., Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sovova, M., J. Opatrna, et al. (1994). The effect of gamma irradiation on growth characteristics and arbutin content of bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, cv. Arbuta). Biologia Plantarum Prague 36(2): 221-228. {a} Dep. Pharmaceutical Botany, Ecology Faculty Pharmacy, Charles Univ., 501 65 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Gruber, M. (1993). The mountain heaths of the French central Pyrenees: A synthetic phytoecological study. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Provence 44: 83-87. Lab. de Botanique et Ecologie Mediterraneenne, Fac. des Sci. et Techniques de Saint-Jerome, Ave. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, F-13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Nams, V. O., N. F. G. Folkard, et al. (1993). Effects of nitrogen fertilization on several woody and nonwoody boreal forest species. Canadian Journal of Botany 71(1): 93-97. {a} Dep. of Biology, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S., Canada B2N 5E3
Zaitseva, N. (1993). Medicinal raw material resources of the Karelian forests and problems concerning their protection. Aquilo Ser Botanica 31: 147-151. Forest Res. Inst., Karelian Res. Centre, Russian Academy Sciences, 185610 Petrozavodsk, Russia
Zaitseva, N. L. and N. L. Litinskaya (1993). Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in Karelia and ways of improvement state of its coenoformations. Rastitel'nye Resursy 29(4): 31-39. Inst. For., Karel. Sci. Cent., Russ. Acad. Sci., Petrozavodsk, Russia
Adams, W. W., III, M. Volk, et al. (1992). Leaf orientation and the response of the xanthophyll cycle to incident light. Oecologia 90(3): 404-410.
Cipollini, M. L. and E. W. Stiles (1992). Relative risks of fungal rot for temperate ericaceous fruits: Effects of seasonal variation on selection for chemical defense. Canadian Journal of Botany 70(9): 1868-1877. {a} Smithsonian Environ. Res. Cent., P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, Md. 21037, USA
Cipollini, M. L. and E. W. Stiles (1992). Antifungal activity of ripe ericaceous fruits: Phenolic-acid interactions and palatability for dispersers. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 20(6): 501-514. {a} Smithsonian Environ. Res. Cent., P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, Md. 21307
Kepczynski, K. and A. Noryskiewicz (1992). Flora of selected peat bogs in the northern area of the nature reserve Gostynin-Wloclawek. Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici Biologia 40: 59-120. Inst. Biol., Roslin, Poland
Matsuda, H., S. Nakamura, et al. (1992). Pharmacological studies on leaf of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng: IV. Effect of 50 percent methanolic extract from Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng (bearberry leaf) on melanin synthesis. Yakugaku Zasshi 112(4): 276-282.
Matsuda, H., S. Nakamura, et al. (1992). Pharmacological studies on leaf of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng.: V. Effect of water extract from Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng. (Bearberry leaf) on the antiallergic and antiinflammatory activities of dexamethasone ointment. Yakugaku Zasshi 112(9): 673-677. {a} Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kinki Univ., 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577, Japan
Petanovic, R. and J. Boczek (1992). Two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Durmitor mountain, Yugoslavia. Zastita Bilja 43(2): 137-143. {a} Fac. Agric., Belgrade - Zemun
Matsuda, H., T. Tanaka, et al. (1991). Pharmacological studies on leaf of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng: III. Combined effect of arbutin and indomethacin on immuno-inflammation. Yakugaku Zasshi 111(4-5): 253-258.
M'Kada, J., N. Dorion, et al. (1991). In vitro micropropagation of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Sprengel.: Comparison between two methodologies. Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture 24(3): 217-222.
Stoyke, G. and R. S. Currah (1991). Endophytic fungi from the mycorrhizae of alpine ericoid plants. Canadian Journal Of Botany 69(2): 347-352.
Fritz, A. L. (1990). Deceit pollination of Orchis spitzelii (Orchidaceae) on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic (Sea): A suboptimal system. Nordic Journal Of Botany 9(6): 577-587.
Fromard, F. (1990). Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Sprengel communities in the Prepyrenees of Aragon (Spain): Ecology, phytosociology, and dynamics. Documents Phytosociologiques 12: 77-102.
Matsuda, H., H. Nakata, et al. (1990). Pharmacological study on Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) Spreng: II. Combined effects of arbutin and prednisolone or dexamethasone on immuno-inflammation. Yakugaku Zasshi 110(1): 68-76.
Ross, M. S. and R. G. H. La (1990). Above-ground biomass allocation by four understory vascular plant species in central Alberta (Canada) Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana, forests. Canadian Field Naturalist 104(3): 394-402.
Leifertova, I. and L. Jahodar (1989). Study of free and bonded saccharides in leaves of Arctostaphylos uva ursi cultivar Arbuta. Farmaceuticky Obzor 58(11): 507-511.
Machutchon, A. G. (1989). Spring and summer food habits of black bears in the Pelly River Valley, Yukon (Canada). Northwest Science 63(3): 116-118.
Swanston, F. S. K., C. Day, et al. (1989). Evaluation of traditional plant treatments for diabetes: Studies in streptozotocin diabetic mice. Acta Diabetologica Latina 26(1): 51-56.
Timoshok, E. E. and A. V. Grishin (1989). Approaches to the study of medicinal plants, using Suiginskii experimental timber combine in Tomsk Oblast (Russian SFSR, USSR) as an example. Rastitel'Nye Resursy 25(4): 486-497.
Azhunova, T. A., Z. G. Sambueva, et al. (1988). Bile-expelling effect of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (L.) extract. Farmatsiya 37(2): 41-43.
Foss, P. J. and G. J. Doyle (1988). A palynological study of the Irish Ericaceae and Empetrum. Pollen Et Spores 30(2): 151-178.
Holopainen, M., L. Jahodar, et al. (1988). Antimicrobial activity of some Finnish ericaceous plants. Acta Pharmaceutica Fennica 97(4): 197-202.
Plotnikov, D. A. and A. S. Shmidt (1988). Resources of wild medicinal, berry and fruit plants in Parabel' Raion of the Tomsk Oblast (Russian SFSR, USSR). Rastitel'Nye Resursy 24(2): 177-182.
Richiteanu, A. and V. Bontea (1988). Some amerosporous and didymosporous ascomycetes on Ericales in Romania. Revue Roumaine De Biologie Serie De Biologie Vegetale 33(2): 61-70.
Rosatti, T. J. (1988). Pollen morphology of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (Ericaceae) in North America. Grana 27(2): 115-122.
Salasoo, I. (1988). Epicuticular wax hydrocarbons of Ericaceae in the Pacific Northwest of USA. Biochemical Systematics And Ecology 16(7-8): 619-622.
Severson, K. E. and D. W. Uresk (1988). Influence of ponderosa pine overstory on forage quality in the Black Hills, South Dakota (USA). Great Basin Naturalist 48(1): 78-82.
Fromard, F. (1987). Systematics of the taxon Arctostaphylos uva ursi (Ericaceae) in Europe: New data on populations in and around the Pyrenees (France, Spain). Canadian Journal Of Botany 65(4): 687-695.
Negrillo, A. M., G. Marin, et al. (1987). Interesting taxa of the La Sagra Mountains (Granada) (Spain). Boletim Da Sociedade Broteriana 60(2): 95-98.
Rosatti, T. J. (1987). Field and garden studies of Arctostaphylos uva ursi (Ericaceae) in North America. Systematic Botany 12(1): 61-77.
Salasoo, I. (1987). Epicuticular wax alkanes of some heath plants in central Alaska (USA). Biochemical Systematics And Ecology 15(1): 105-108.
Van, L. W. and C. R. Janssen (1987). Differences between valley and upland vegetation development in eastern Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands, during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene. Review Of Palaeobotany And Palynology 52(2-3): 179-204.
Wilson, C., J. Grace, et al. (1987). Temperature and stature: A study of temperatures in montane vegetation. Functional Ecology 1(4): 405-414.
Kiseleva, T. M. and I. A. Shabalina (1986). Reserves of raw medicinal plant material in the western and central areas of Kirov Oblast (Russian SFSR, USSR). Rastitel'Nye Resursy 22(1): 45-49.
Mayo, J. M., A. P. Hartgerink, et al. (1986). Sulfur gas emissions in the boreal forest: The West Whitecourt (Alberta, Canada) case study: VI. Woody plant water status. Water Air And Soil Pollution 29(2): 113-128.
Nagorsen, D. W. (1986). Summer and winter food caches of the heather vole, Phenacomys intermedius, in Quetico provincial Park, Ontario, (Canada). Canadian Field Naturalist 9(3): 82-85.
Norton, M. E. and C. R. Norton (1986). An alternative to in vitro propagation: Axillary shoot enhancement on whole plants. Journal Of Horticultural Science 61(4): 423-428.
Vaisanen, S. (1986). Effects of air pollution by metal, chemical and fertilizer plants on forest vegetation of Kokkola, West Finland. Annales Botanici Fennici 23(4): 305-316.
Bakaeva, M. B. and A. V. Galanin (1985). Ecological role of the lichen cover in reindeer moss pine forests in the middle course of the Vychegda River (Russian SFSR, USSR). Ekologiya(2): 25-30.
Kuz'Min, V. I., E. M. Gontar, et al. (1985). Productivity of Bergenia crassifolia raw material and the content of phenol compounds in it (western Baikal-Amur Railway and Khakass Autonomous Oblast Russian SFSR, (USSR)). Rastitel'Nye Resursy 21(2): 180-183.
Petrini, O. (1985). Host specificity of endophytic fungi of some European Ericaceae. Botanica Helvetica 95(2): 213-238.
Hobbs, R. J. (1984). Possible chemical interactions among heathland plants. Oikos 43(1): 23-29.
Osti, F. (1984). Studies on the food habits of black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) in Western Trentino (Italy) (Aves: Tetraonidae). Studi Trentini Di Scienze Naturali Acta Biologica 61: 301-320.
Yurtsev, B. A. (1984). Forest-steppe meso-landscapes of south-facing slopes in the northern taiga parts of eastern Alaska (USA). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 69(7): 881-889.
Batorova, S. M., Z. G. Sambueva, et al. (1983). Cholagogue activity of decoctions from certain plants from the Cisbaikal area (Russian SFSR, USSR). Rastitel'Nye Resursy 19(3): 380-383.
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Tammaro, F. Floristic and vegetational research in the Southern territory of Gran Sasso Mountain (Apennines, Central Italy, Abruzzo). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 19: 1-256. Univ. degli Studi dell'Aquila, Dip. Sci. Ambientali, Via Vetoio, Loc. Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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