An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN 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.
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DECALACTONE 3 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-DODECALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *