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Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID-HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOIN | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | 25.0 | 318.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHOCYANINS | 30 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHOCYANOSIDES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ANTHOCYANOSIDES | 0 | Leaf | 3000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARBUTIN | 15 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ARBUTIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.0 | 3000.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARBUTIN | 15 | Plant | not available | 15000.0 | -1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.52 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 132.0 | 1650.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 3840.0 | 48000.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPERULOSIDE | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPERULOSIDE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AVICULARIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisclerodermic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 29 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 4 | Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 19 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistaphylococcic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |