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
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Leaf	219.0	438.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	4	Leaf	275.0	550.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	19	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	19	Leaf	342.0	684.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	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.
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Leaf	432.0	864.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	504.0	1004.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	581.0	1162.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-RHAMNOGLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	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.
DELPHINIDIN-5-MONOGLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	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.
DELPHINIDIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-DECALACTONE	1	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
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	11	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	18	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *