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
RESINIC-ACID	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	2.6	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	5.0	60.0	3.09	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	0.2	2.8	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	4.0	50.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	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.
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	12000.0	150000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	130.0	1075.0	-0.24	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	50000.0	120000.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	60000.0	200000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	7.0	8.0	0.34	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 *