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Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
OXALIC-ACID 9 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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-DIMETHYL-ALPHA-STYRENE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARACOUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 4000.0 50000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-FURAN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 22.0 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 34.0 68.0 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
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 9 Duke, 1992 *
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.