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
CATECHINS	1	Leaf	not available	200000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	1900.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	2800.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.7	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	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.
CITRONELLOL	15	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	0.1	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.7	6.3	-0.51	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CYANADIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE	0	Leaf	219.0	438.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	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.