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
RESINIC-ACID	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	2.6	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	5.0	60.0	3.09	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.2	2.8	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	4.0	50.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	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.
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	12000.0	150000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	130.0	1075.0	-0.24	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	50000.0	120000.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	60000.0	200000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	7.0	8.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *