Myrica rubra berry, also known as yumberry or Chinese bayberry, review of health benefits

Myrica rubra is known as yumberry and has been used by Chinese health practitioners for centuries.

Myrica rubra composition
Myrica rubra has tannins, polyphenols, anthocyanins, gallic acid, quercetin hexoside, quercetin deoxyhexoside, Quercetin, protocatechuic acid, cyanidin, myricetin, and ellagic acid. The bark of Myrica rubra has rubanol and prodelphinidin B-2 3, 3'-di-O-gallate.

Myrica rubra and virus infection
Anti-influenza virus activity of Myrica rubra leaf ethanol extract evaluated using Madino-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Nov; Mochida K. Shimane Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Science, Japan.
Myrica rubra leaf ethanol extract was added to culture medium of Madino-Darby canine kidney cells inoculated with influenza virus, and the inhibition of influenza virus replication was measured. Myrica rubra leaf ethanol extract showed anti-influenza virus activity irrespective of the hemagglutinin antigen type in the influenza virus type A (H1N1), its subtype (H3N2), and type B.

Varieties of Myrica rubra
Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc. varieties include Biqi, Dongkui, and Zaodamei.
Myrica rubra var. acuminata is a native shrub widely distributed and used as folk medicine in Taiwan for stomach disorders and diarrhea.

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