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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Vaccinium macrocarpon (Ericaceae)

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Common name(s)
American Cranberry, Cranberry, Large Cranberry
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-O-BENZOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Fruit -- 112.0 -- *
0 2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 3-4-BETA-O-DI-GLUCOSYL-CAFFEOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 4-O-BETA-GLUCOSYL-CAFFEOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 6-O-BENZOYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCOSE Fruit -- 17.0 -- *
0 ABSCISIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
7 ALPHA-CAROTENE Fruit -- -- -- *
23 ALPHA-TERPINEOL Fruit -- -- -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Fruit 9.0 81.0 0.13 *
5 ALUMINUM Fruit 2.0 15.0 -0.22 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
7 ANISALDEHYDE Fruit -- -- -- *
30 ANTHOCYANINS Fruit -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 ANTHOCYANOSIDES Fruit -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 144.0 1200.0 -0.21 *
0 ASH Fruit 4800.0 40000.0 -0.43 *
24 BENZALDEHYDE Fruit -- -- -- *
20 BENZOIC-ACID Fruit -- 124.0 -0.46 *
9 BENZYL-ALCOHOL Fruit -- -- -- *
17 BENZYL-BENZOATE Fruit -- -- -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.2 2.6 -0.15 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.