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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
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN 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.
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE 3 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DODECALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit Juice 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
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.