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
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	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.
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE	3	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DODECALACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OIC-ACID	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	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 *