Trailing Arbutus

Source for trailing arbutus aniline discovery and tellurium smell. 

Hypocrateriform, or Salver-shaped (more correctly, hypocrateri-morphous), when the tube is long and slender, as in Phlox or Trailing Arbutus and abruptly expands into a flat limb. The name is derived from that of the ancient Salver, or hypocraterium with the stem or handle beneath. 

Trailing arbutus has a chemical profile and traditional use similar to uva-ursi Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and these herbs... 

No information on the safety of trailing arbutus in pregnancy or lactation was identified in the scientific or traditional literature. Although this review did not identify any concerns for use while pregnant or nursing, safety has not been conclusively established. 

No information on the safety of trailing arbutus during pregnancy or lactation was identified. 

See Arctostaphylos uva-ursi for a review of toxicity studies on the compound hydroquinone, which is hydrolyzed from the compound arbutin that is present in trailing arbutus (Felter and Lloyd 1898 Tanaka and Iwamoto 2002). 

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