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Plant Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Blueberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice not available 0.7 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-HEXYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 280.0 1820.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 18.0 116.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 340.0 2210.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 125.0 878.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2070.0 13845.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 520.0 3379.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 8 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 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.
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Akt-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 16 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 5 Duke, 1992 *