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Extract from the leaves of heather.
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The flavone glycosides arbutin, quercitrin, myricitrin and the aglycans quercetin and myrecitin. Furthermore ericodin and ericodinin, saponins and tanning agents.
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As astringents for diarrhoea. As a remedy for insomnia.
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- Rieger G et al (2008) Influence of altitudinal variation on the content of phenolic compounds in wild populations of Calluna vulgaris, Sambucus nigra, and Vaccinium myrtillus. J Agricultural Food Chem 56:9080-9086.
- Saaby L et al (2009) MAO-A inhibitory activity of quercetin from Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. J Ethnopharmacol 121:178-181.
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