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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
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
Paralytic 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pediculicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Perfumery 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 30 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 2 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
PKD-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *