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Common Names
Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRICETIN | 34 | 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. |
| MYRICETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICETIN-3-DIGALACTOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 10.0 | 80.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.66 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Fruit | 650.0 | 5000.0 | -0.67 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| OXYCOCCRIYANINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Fruit | 2.2 | 16.0 | -0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PARASORBIC-ACID | 4 | Shoot | not available | 84.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARASORBIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | 4800.0 | 40000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEONIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEONIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 924.0 | 7700.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytotoxic | 4 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |