Plant Vaccinium macrocarpon (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MYRICETIN	34	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MYRICETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-DIGALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	10.0	80.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.1	0.4	-0.66	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	650.0	5000.0	-0.67	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
OXYCOCCRIYANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.2	16.0	-0.13	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARASORBIC-ACID	4	Shoot	not available	84.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PARASORBIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	4800.0	40000.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	924.0	7700.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Ulcerogenic	1	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).