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Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | 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. |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | 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. |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 6 | 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. |
| EPIMYRTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| EPIMYRTINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 4.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1760.0 | 22000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 310000.0 | 0.23 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 89000.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 370000.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.1 | -1.24 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 21 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 26 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |