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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPICATECHIN 40 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPIMYRTINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
EPIMYRTINE 0 Shoot 4.3 *
ETHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit *
ETHYL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Fruit *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1760.0 22000.0 -0.47 *
FAT 0 Seed 310000.0 0.23 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit Juice *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit 89000.0 -0.67 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit 370000.0 -0.15 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.1 -1.24 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOENICULIN 0 Leaf *
FORMIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit Juice *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukotriene 6 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 5 *
Antilisteria 1 *
Antilithic 5 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphomic 5 *
Antimaculitic 5 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 5 *
Antimange 1 *
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 *
Antimelanomic 5 *
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 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 *