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Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PEONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 131.0 262.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 108.0 216.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 189.0 378.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 367.0 734.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 856.0 10700.0 2.27 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1338.0 16730.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-A-1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 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
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.