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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bilberry, Dwarf Bilberry, Whortleberry
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
30 (+)-CATECHIN Leaf -- -- -- *
30 (+)-CATECHIN Fruit -- -- -- *
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Leaf -- -- -- *
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Fruit -- -- -- *
21 (-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN Leaf -- -- -- *
0 1,8-CINEOL Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER Fruit Juice -- 0.0 -- *
0 2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID Fruit Juice -- 0.1 1.00 *
0 2-PHENYLETHANOL Fruit Juice -- 0.0 -- *
0 3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER Fruit Juice -- 0.0 -- *
0 3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL Fruit Juice -- 0.0 -- *
0 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID Fruit Juice -- -- -- *
0 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
0 4-VINLYPHENOL Fruit Juice -- 0.0 -- *
16 ACETIC-ACID Fruit Juice -- 0.3 -1.00 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.