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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESVERATROL 68 Fruit not available not available not available ARS News Notes, April 7, 1999. Anticancer Agent Confirmed in Berries; ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, Miss.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.5 3.4 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 200.0 1300.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 56.0 414.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 3.1 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 180.0 1170.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 30.0 195.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 80.0 520.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 280.0 1820.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 8 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229