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Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarthritic | 14 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiasthmatic | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 48 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibiotic | 2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 3 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |