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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice 0.1 1.00 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-VINLYPHENOL 0 Fruit Juice 0.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Juice 0.3 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Trypanocide 1 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 8 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 4 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 *
Varroacide 2 *
Vasoactive 1 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 12 *
Vasopressor 4 *