Vaccinium arctostaphylos
| Vaccinium arctostaphylos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. arctostaphylos |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. | |
Vaccinium arctostaphylos or Caucasian whortleberry is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color. It is native to Western Asia (Iran and Turkey), the Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russia), and Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria).[1]
Vaccinium arctostaphylos plant
Medicinal effects
In a study on 50 hyperlipidaemic adult patients, an extract of the fruit of Vaccinium arctostaphylos was found to have beneficial effects on serum lipid profile and oxidative stress. [2] Each medicinal capsule contained 45 ± 2 mg of anthocyanins. The authors suggest that the effects may be due to the anthocyanin content of the fruit.
References
- ↑ "sp". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ↑ Soltani, Rasool; Hakimi, Mustafa; Asgary, Sedigheh; Ghanadian, Syed Mustafa; Keshvari, Mahtab; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal (2014). "Evaluation of the Effects of Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. Fruit Extract on Serum Lipids and hs-CRP Levels and Oxidative Stress in Adult Patients with Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2014: 1–6. doi:10.1155/2014/217451. PMC 3920853. PMID 24587807. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
External links
- Carl Linnaeus (1753) Species Plantarum, Tomus I: .
Data related to Vaccinium arctostaphylos at Wikispecies
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