Botanical species · safety record

Vaccinium myrtillus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Vaccinium myrtillus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Vaccinium myrtillus L.

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

2Cited sources

1,595Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1,595 licensed products naming Vaccinium myrtillus as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh
fluid
solid

Source material stated

Berries
Berry (standardized extract)
Berry extract
Berry/Berries
Bilberry
Bilberry fruit extract
Blueberry fruit extract
Buds

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Gallic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	4.25 Milligram/litre	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Harman	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	0.05 Microgram/gram	HPLC with standard detection methods	No resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	5.12 Milligram/litre	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Wojtowicz, Elzbieta., Zawirska-Wojtasiak, Renata., Przygonski, Krzysztof., Mildner-Szkudlarz, Sylwia. Bioactive beta-carbolines norharman and harman in traditional and novel raw materials for chicory coffee. Food Chemistry, 2015, p. 280-283.
Levaj, Branka., Dragovic-Uzelac, Verica., Delonga, Karmela., Ganic, Karin Kovacevic., Banovic, Mara., Kovacevic, Danijela Bursac. Polyphenols and volatiles in fruits of two sour cherry cultivars, some berry fruits and their jams. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2010, p. 538-547.

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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