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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
PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 240.0 1560.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 96.0 675.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 879.0 5859.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 250.0 1624.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 6520.0 44720.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 38 Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 3 Duke, 1992 *