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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.
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINLYPHENOL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice not available 0.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiaging 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antianaphylactic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *