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
MONOTROPEIN	2	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.
MONOTROPEIN	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTILLIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTILLOL	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.
MYRTINE	0	Plant	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTINE	0	Shoot	not available	17.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCLOROGENIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCLOROGENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	140.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOMYRTILLIN	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.
NEOMYRTILLIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	5.0	65.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE	2	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.
NONAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	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.
OPCS	25	Fruit	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
Teratogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tinnitigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Toxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	6	Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).