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Plant Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Blueberry
How this plant is used
Food

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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 *
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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
Juvabional 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 9 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.