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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESINIC-ACID | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.6 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Fruit | 5.0 | 60.0 | 3.09 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 4.0 | 50.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | 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. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 12000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 130.0 | 1075.0 | -0.24 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | 50000.0 | 120000.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 60000.0 | 200000.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mycoplasmistat | 2 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Nematicide | 8 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Neuroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 8 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |