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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 5300.0 -0.71 *
SUGAR 0 Fruit 80000.0 -0.73 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 130.0 1075.0 -0.24 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 60000.0 200000.0 1.09 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Fruit 7500.0 1.34 *
VACCINIIN 0 Fruit 410.0 1.00 *
WATER 0 Fruit 800000.0 932000.0 0.70 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Fruit 1.7 14.0 -0.49 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiEBV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 4 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 3 *
Antiescherichic 4 *
Antiestrogenic 1 *
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.