Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry

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
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE	3	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DODECALACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OIC-ACID	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	37	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiklebsiellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	16	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *