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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
OXALIC-ACID 9 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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-DIMETHYL-ALPHA-STYRENE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARACOUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 4000.0 50000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-FURAN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 22.0 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 34.0 68.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 *