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-TANNINS	0	Leaf	not available	80000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.7	5.2	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Fruit	0.1	0.7	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	50000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	40000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	4.0	31.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	250.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KETOGLUTARIC-ACID	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
Antitumor (Breast)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	7	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	10	Duke, 1992 *