Article: Bilberry for your eyes only

Article: Bilberry.(Drug overview)
Pamphlet by: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Alt Med Module));  May 1, 2006 ;     411 words ......European medicine. * Historically, bilberry fruit was used to treat diarrhea, scurvy...Science Says * Some claim that bilberry fruit improves night vision, but clinical...evidence to support the use of bilberry fruit or leaf for any other health conditions...

Article: FINDINGS OF FACT; The Legend of the Sharp-Eyed Bombers; To Find Evidence That Bilberry Can Improve Your Eyesight, You Have to Look Really Hard
The Washington Post;  June 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ......ophthamology experts we contacted questioned whether bilberry has been proven to improve eye health, and each...I have looked for sound scientific evidence" of bilberry's benefit, he adds. Bilberry sales in the United States hit $40 million in 1998...index of suspicion" about the European trials on ...

Article: (book reviews)
The Horn Book Magazine;  January 1, 1994 ;     152 words ...Miss Bilberry has an almost perfect life. She lives...veranda. The only problem is that Miss Bilberry wonders if her life would be better on...difficult; the day turns nasty; and Miss Bilberry and her cohorts get lost in the woods...

Article: Common eye diseases
New Straits Times;  November 7, 2004 ;     583 words ......2004 Common eye diseases Edition: 2* BILBERRY OR EUROPEAN blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus...Problem, Dr Robert Abel Jr. wrote that bilberry, which contains a bioflavonoid found...changing light conditions more efficiently. Bilberry contains compounds that: 1. provide purple...

Article: Indirect effects of ant predation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Formicidae, Formica aquilonia, ants, bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, insect larvae...herbivory, predation effects Abstract. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) is one...positive or negative effects on bilberry. Damage to the bilberry, its vegetative...

Article: Launch of new eye care supplement
The Malay Mail;  August 13, 2004 ;     396 words ......This new healthcare supplement contains bilberry extract and is the first oral-based eye...produced by Duopharma Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Bilberry, or European blueberry, grows in the...of northern Europe. Natberry contains bilberry extract with high levels of anthocyanidins...

Article: Keeping eyes healthy with Bilberry
New Straits Times;  October 17, 2004 ;     626 words ......10-17-2004 Keeping eyes healthy with Bilberry Edition: 2* SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT...attention to our eyes? One word: Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). Anecdotal evidence from people who have taken bilberry shows that they have noticed an improvement...

Article: Wild Wales: Fruit fight; How the bilberry helped win a war.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  July 9, 2005 ;     371 words ......vision was vastly improved after eating bilberry jam so the Royal Air Force pushed for the...the years have been equally unkind to the bilberry, overshadowed by American marketing. The bilberry has now lost its place in our jams, pies...

Article: Bilberry for healthier eyes
New Straits Times;  August 26, 2004 ;     211 words ...New Straits Times 08-26-2004 Bilberry for healthier eyes Edition: The City...evidence that the inclusion of the herb bilberry in the diet can help promote healthier...eyes and vision. The anthocyanins in bilberry have been shown to be beneficial...

Article: Blue is the Healthy Color: The Health Benefits of Anthocyanins
Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......blue pigments known as anthocyanins. The bilberry has been traditionally eaten as a wild...convenience and availability. Interest in bilberry as an herbal treatment is said to have...vision. Subsequent research found that the bilberry could help to improve vision in other...

Article: Expression of genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis in relation to anthocyanin, proanthocyanidin, and flavonol levels during bilberry fruit development
Plant Physiology;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and Flavonol Levels during Bilberry Fruit Development1 The production...during the development of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) fruit...berries and in color mutants of bilberry. The cDNA fragments of five...synthase, were isolated from bilberry using the polymerase chain...

Article: M BEAUTY: Style secret.(M on Tuesday)
The Mirror (London, England);  April 27, 2004 ;     29 words ...LOVELY actress Emilia Fox keeps her skin soft and tackles any dry patches by using Syence Skin Care Body Bar, pounds 10. It contains bilberry fruit extract, which is a gentle exfoliant.

Article: Two K-State students release CD.
M2 Presswire;  December 1, 2000 ;     350 words ......and local Manhattan-area bands. Jeff Bilberry, senior in advertising formerly of Garden...different bands from Kansas and the Midwest. Bilberry and Studnicka worked with five different...cost of the disc at around seven bucks, Bilberry said. The CD will also be available online...

Article: whortleberry
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      30 words ...whor·tle·ber·ry / ˈ(h)wər t lˌberē / • n. a bilberry. ORIGIN: late 16th cent. : dialect variant of Middle English hurtleberry , of unknown origin.