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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
M-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
M-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 1 Fruit Juice *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 312.0 3900.0 0.82 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALVIDIN 6 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf 81.0 162.0 *
MALVIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 127.0 254.0 *
MALVIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 335.0 370.0 *
MALVIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 7.0 91.0 0.20 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2500.0 3.70 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MELILOTIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
MERATRINE 0 Leaf 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)
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 -0.79 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MONOTROPEIN 2 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Estrogenic 4 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 6 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
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 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroprotective 3 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *