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

Common Names
Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Fruit 12000.0 116000.0 -0.24 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit 110000.0 -0.40 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit 450000.0 1.18 *
FOENICULIN 0 Fruit *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.1 0.2 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GUM 0 Fruit 6000.0 50000.0 -1.00 *
HIPPURIC-ACID 2 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.50 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 490.0 3800.0 0.21 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.2 2.0 -0.37 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
LEPTOSINE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.3 2.0 -0.66 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 240.0 2000.0 -0.06 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.6 5.0 -0.37 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.51 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 0.7 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 19 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 7 Martindale's 28th
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 14 *
Cardiotonic 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Casein-Kinase-II-Inhibitor 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 6 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 2 *