An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Fruit | 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. |
| INVERT-SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | not available | 300000.0 | 0.85 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| IRIDOIDS | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 12.0 | 151.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | not available | 250.0 | -0.29 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Fruit | not available | 250.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Leaf | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOFERULIC-ACID | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCOANTHOCYANINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Fruit | 2.6 | 26.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-COUMARIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-COUMARIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit Juice | 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 * |