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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 219.0 438.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 4 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 4 Leaf 275.0 550.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 19 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 19 Leaf 342.0 684.0 *
CYANIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 432.0 864.0 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 504.0 1004.0 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 581.0 1162.0 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-RHAMNOGLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELPHINIDIN-5-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELPHINIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
DELTA-DECALACTONE 1 Fruit Juice *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiHIV 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 4 *
Antihyperinsulinemic 2 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperleptinemic 2 *
Antihyperlipidemic 3 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th