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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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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 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9600.0 80000.0 -0.40 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 100.0 250.0 0.55 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit 5000.0 9000.0 0.10 *
RESVERATROL 68 Fruit 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 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.5 3.5 -1.17 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 -0.39 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILICON 4 Fruit 0.5 4.0 -0.60 *
SINAPOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 48.0 400.0 -0.15 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 14400.0 120000.0 -0.39 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 65.0 500.0 -0.64 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 2.5 -0.36 *
THIAMINE 0 Fruit 0.3 2.3 -0.56 *
TRITERPENOIDS 0 Fruit 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 *
VACCINIIN 0 Fruit 18.0 -1.00 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.6 5.4 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myorelaxant 2 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *