Bilberries: Curative and Miraculous - A Review on Bioactive Constituents and Clinical Research.

ABSTRACT: Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) fruits are an important part of local diets in many countries and are used as a medicinal herb to treat various disorders. Extracts from fruits are often a part of eye health-promoting supplements, whereas extracts from leaves are advertised for type 2 diabetes mellitus and glycemic control. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge of the phytochemical contents of bilberry fruits and leaves and their bioactivities, critically summarizes origins of the health claims and the outcome of clinical trials, with special attention towards those published in the past 10 years. Overall, the three most referenced indications, which are type 2 diabetes mellitus, vision disorders and circulatory diseases, all include contradictory results with n

SUBMITTER: Vanekova Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277355 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature