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
CATECHINS	1	Leaf	not available	200000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	1900.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	2800.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.7	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	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.
CITRONELLOL	15	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.7	6.3	-0.51	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CYANADIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Leaf	219.0	438.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	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
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.