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Common Names
Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 12000.0 | 116000.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 110000.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 450000.0 | 1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOENICULIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.75 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIPPURIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | 490.0 | 3800.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.0 | -0.37 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| LEPTOSINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 240.0 | 2000.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 0.6 | 5.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 15 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomniac? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiLegionella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225. |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |