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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
1-O-BENZOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit 112.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-4-BETA-O-DI-GLUCOSYL-CAFFEOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
4-O-BETA-GLUCOSYL-CAFFEOYL-BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
6-O-BENZOYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit 17.0 *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 9.0 81.0 0.13 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 2.0 15.0 -0.22 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Fruit *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANTHOCYANOSIDES 0 Fruit *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 144.0 1200.0 -0.21 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4800.0 40000.0 -0.43 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit 124.0 -0.46 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 2.6 -0.15 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer 9 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Colon) 3 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 3 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 4 *
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *