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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice 0.1 1.00 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-VINLYPHENOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice 0.3 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 5 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 11 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 17 *
Allelochemic 15 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 6 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 22 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *