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
MONOTROPEIN	2	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.
MONOTROPEIN	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTILLIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTILLOL	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.
MYRTINE	0	Plant	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTINE	0	Shoot	not available	17.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCLOROGENIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCLOROGENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	140.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOMYRTILLIN	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.
NEOMYRTILLIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	5.0	65.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE	2	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.
NONAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	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.
OPCS	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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 *