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
(+)-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 *

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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
Antileukotriene	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	5	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelasmic	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Duke, 1992 *