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
ACETIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	25.0	318.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANOSIDES	0	Fruit	not available	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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Plant	not available	15000.0	-1.33	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.52	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	132.0	1650.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	3840.0	48000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASPERULOSIDE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPERULOSIDE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Dermatitigenic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	13	Merck 11th Edition
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	2	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.