National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Cranberry
Synonyms

CRANBERRY

Cranberry

Definitions

Fruit of the Cranberry plant, a Native American wetland plant, can be consumed whole or made into food products such as jellies and juices. Prevention of urinary tract infections by cranberries has been documented. Natural, unprocessed cranberries contain anthocyanidins, which prevent Escherichia coli, the typical cause urinary tract infections, from attaching to the urinary tract wall. Anthocyanidins are potent antioxidant substances. (NCI04)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28943

code

C28943

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

Fruit of the Cranberry plant, a Native American wetland plant, can be consumed whole or made into food products such as jellies and juices. Prevention of urinary tract infections by cranberries has been documented. Natural, unprocessed cranberries contain anthocyanidins, which prevent Escherichia coli, the typical cause urinary tract infections, from attaching to the urinary tract wall. Anthocyanidins are potent antioxidant substances. (NCI04)

FDA_UNII_Code

0MVO31Q3QS

FULL_SYN

CRANBERRY

Cranberry

label

Cranberry

Legacy Concept Name

Cranberry

Preferred_Name

Cranberry

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C28943

Semantic_Type

Food

UMLS_CUI

C0936050

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C71972

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