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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf 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 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE 3 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
GAMMA-DODECALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf *
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Juice *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.1 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice 0.1 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 -1.00 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Fruit *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf *
HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL 0 Fruit Juice *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit *
HYPEROSIDE 30 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 *