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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 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 14 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.