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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Antagonist	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor	1	Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	17	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	5	Martindale's 28th
Capillarifortificant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.