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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BETA-O-GLUCOSYL-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
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 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 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 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 100000.0 942050.0 0.85 *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit Abstract (See species file)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COBALT 2 Fruit *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.5 4.7 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 2280.0 19000.0 -0.50 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 3 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Scavenger 1 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.