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

Common Names
Blueberry
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
PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit *
PETUNIDIN 3 Fruit *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit *
PHENOL 26 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 240.0 1560.0 -0.61 *
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Plant *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 96.0 675.0 -0.77 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 30.0 4.47 Shapiro, D. K., Kudinov, M. A., Narizhnaya, T. I., Kononovich, T. V., Starkova, N. Y. 1984. Biochemical Evaluation of Blueberries Grown in the BeloRussian Polessie. Rastitel'nye Resursy, 203:396-400.
PIPERONAL 2 Plant *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 879.0 5859.0 -1.07 *
PROANTHOCYANIN 0 Fruit *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 250.0 1624.0 -0.65 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 6520.0 44720.0 -0.87 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PULEGONE 28 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 4 *
Antilisteria 1 *
Antilithic 4 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphomic 4 *
Antimaculitic 4 *
Antimalarial 5 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 6 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *