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
DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	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.
EPICATECHIN	40	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.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN	6	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.
EPIMYRTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
EPIMYRTINE	0	Shoot	not available	4.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-3-METHYLBUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1760.0	22000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	310000.0	0.23	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Fruit	not available	89000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Fruit	not available	370000.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	-1.24	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOENICULIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	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
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paramecicide	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Parasiticide	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Perfume	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.
Perfumery	12	Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	70	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.