Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Cowberry, Lingen, Lingonberry
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
minus
Variety Author
LODD.

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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 3500.0 -1.00 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
1-AMINOCYCLOPROPAN-1-CARBONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2-O-CAFFEOYL-ARBUTIN 0 Leaf *
4-HYDROXY-PHENYL-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Leaf *
5-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 5.0 53.0 -0.21 *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 40000.0 90000.0 0.56 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 280.0 1865.0 -0.17 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2500.0 18000.0 -1.00 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit 1360.0 1.73 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant *
BETA-HYDROXY-KETO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.4 11.0 -0.58 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.44 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 180.0 1730.0 -0.49 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 6 (View) Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 9 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.