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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
THIAMINE 0 Fruit 0.6 7.8 2.07 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Fruit 4.0 50.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE 7 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Fruit not available 2500.0 -0.27 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 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.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit not available 920000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 1.0 8.7 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipseudomonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 7 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 5 Duke, 1992 *