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Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 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 Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINLYPHENOL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice not available 0.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 18 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.