Plant Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowberry; Lingen; Lingonberry

How this plant is used

Food

Variety

minus

Variety Author

LODD.

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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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Fruit	not available	3500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-AMINOCYCLOPROPAN-1-CARBONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-CAFFEOYL-ARBUTIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-PHENYL-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	5.0	53.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	40000.0	90000.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	280.0	1865.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2500.0	18000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Fruit	not available	1360.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HYDROXY-KETO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.4	11.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	180.0	1730.0	-0.49	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	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	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	Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.