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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
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.5 4.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 70.0 455.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHININ 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3740.0 25090.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 12770.0 86000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 3 Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pulifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Duke, 1992 *