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
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	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.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	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.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	4.0	47.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	0.6	10.0	-0.60	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BROMINE	0	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.43	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-2-OL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.1	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.58	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	40.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	510.0	6380.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	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.
CATECHIN	43	Leaf	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
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 *