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Plant Vaccinium myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACETIC-ACID-2-PHENYL-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Juice not available 0.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 25.0 318.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANOSIDES 0 Fruit not available 30000.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANOSIDES 0 Leaf 3000.0 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN 15 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 0.0 3000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant not available 15000.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 132.0 1650.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3840.0 48000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
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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
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiexudative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.