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Plant Vaccinium macrocarpon (Ericaceae)

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
BETA-O-GLUCOSYL-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.64 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.2 0.03 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1440.0 12000.0 1.88 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 100000.0 942050.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 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.
COBALT 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.5 4.7 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2280.0 19000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *