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
PEONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	131.0	262.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Leaf	108.0	216.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	189.0	378.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	367.0	734.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	856.0	10700.0	2.27	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1338.0	16730.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-A-1	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3	2	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
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.