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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry, Whortleberry, Dwarf Bilberry
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice 0.1 1.00 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-VINLYPHENOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice 0.3 -1.00 *
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