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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
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 10320.0 129000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 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.
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 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.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCOSIDOGLUCOSIDE 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.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 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.
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 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.
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf 20000.0 50000.0 0.75 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
Hypertensive 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 16 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 12 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 15 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 6 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 7 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 12 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 4 Merck 11th Edition
Insulin-Sparing 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *