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
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Fruit	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.
INVERT-SUGARS	0	Fruit	not available	300000.0	0.85	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRIDOIDS	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	12.0	151.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	250.0	-0.29	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	250.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Leaf	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL	16	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOFERULIC-ACID	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.0	0.7	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Fruit Juice	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Fruit	2.6	26.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-COUMARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-COUMARIC-ACID	0	Fruit Juice	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.