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

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
ACETIC-ACID-HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
ACETOIN 0 Fruit Juice *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Juice 0.0 -0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 25.0 318.0 -0.13 *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Leaf *
ANTHOCYANOSIDES 0 Fruit 30000.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANOSIDES 0 Leaf 3000.0 20000.0 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE 0 Leaf *
ARBUTIN 15 Fruit 0.0 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 0.0 3000.0 -0.73 *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant 15000.0 -1.33 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 132.0 1650.0 -0.18 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3840.0 48000.0 -0.22 *
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Fruit *
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Leaf *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Fruit *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidistat 3 *
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic 1 *
Carcinogenic 8 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 *
Cardiotonic 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cathartic 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 9 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.