Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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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
Antistroke	2	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
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
AntiTGF-beta	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	27	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	10	Duke, 1992 *