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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
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 *
PTK-Inhibitor 2 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Scabicide 2 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 6 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
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 2 Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92.
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.