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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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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
Juvabional 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Larvicide 4 *
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 *
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 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
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.