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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESINIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.6 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Fruit | 5.0 | 60.0 | 3.09 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 4.0 | 50.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | 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. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 12000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 130.0 | 1075.0 | -0.24 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | 50000.0 | 120000.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 60000.0 | 200000.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |