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Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiosteotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiotitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 51 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *