Plant Vaccinium macrocarpon (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	250.0	6777.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	9600.0	80000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	100.0	250.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Fruit	5000.0	9000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
RESVERATROL	68	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ARS News Notes, April 7, 1999. Anticancer Agent Confirmed in Berries; ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, Miss.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.2	1.9	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	0.5	3.5	-1.17	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.39	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILICON	4	Fruit	0.5	4.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	48.0	400.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	14400.0	120000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	65.0	500.0	-0.64	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	2.5	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Fruit	0.3	2.3	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
TRITERPENOIDS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VACCINIIN	0	Fruit	not available	18.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	0.6	5.4	-0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimutagenic	16	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	3	Duke, 1992 *