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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
RESINIC-ACID 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 2.6 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 5.0 60.0 3.09 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.2 2.8 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 4.0 50.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 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.
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 12000.0 150000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 130.0 1075.0 -0.24 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 50000.0 120000.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 60000.0 200000.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 7.0 8.0 0.34 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.