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
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	0.6	7.8	2.07	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Fruit	4.0	50.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE	7	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Fruit	not available	2500.0	-0.27	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	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.
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	920000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	1.0	8.7	-0.65	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
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	5	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	3	Duke, 1992 *