(n.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.
Example Sentences:
(1) The charity Allergy UK believes that up to 45% of people in Britain have some sort of food intolerance, and each week brings a new food-related headline covering everything from common complaints (cranberry juice to ease cystitis; health-giving "superfoods") to life-threatening disease (Steve Jobs reportedly drank carrot juice in an attempt to beat pancreatic cancer ).
(2) The cover art for the Cranberries' Bury the Hatchet (1999) was an evocation of paranoia – a giant eye bearing down on a crouching figure – that did neither band nor artist many favours; his image for Muse's Black Holes and Revelations (2006) amounted to a thin revival of his work for the Floyd that, if you were being generous, suggested a wry comment on that band's unconvincing attempts to revive the excesses of 1970s progressive rock.
(3) One set of tubes at each station was irrigated periodically with cranberry juice, Coca-Cola, or water.
(4) Effectiveness of three irrigant fluids (cranberry juice, Coca-Cola, and water) in preventing tube clogging was studied.
(5) On the non-alcoholic side: pineapple juice, orange juice, lime and cranberry.
(6) Nine substances (Pancrease, Viokase, pork pancreatin, bromelain, papain, cranberry juice, Coca-Cola, chymotrypsin, and distilled water) were tested every half-hour for 4 hr using 900 mm of water pressure to determine their effectiveness in declogging small-bore feeding tubes.
(7) It is all brilliantly basic, until, that is, you come to the burgers, which come in 15 varieties, including a cranberry and brie; a burger with maple-cured bacon and a Cashel blue cheese dressing; and several chicken versions, including a Caesar-dressed breaded breast.
(8) Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile (chlorothalonil) was applied under controlled conditions in 1985 to a cranberry bog for fungus control and for residue studies.
(9) Like Lawson, Delia Smith has had a similar effect on shoppers when, at different times, she has recommended cranberries, cinnamon sticks, marsala wine and omelette pans.
(10) times per year, the most frequent being caribou (145, mean), beluga whale (74), hares (35), muskrat (26), whitefish (52), cisco (39), burbot (38), inconnu (37), Arctic charr (31), geese (44) ducks (19), ptamigan (18), cloudberries (22), cranberries (20) and blueberries (18).
(11) Cranberry juice, orange juice, and pineapple juice also inhibited adherence of type 1 fimbriated E. coli, most likely because of their fructose content.
(12) To rent a seaside cabin or holiday home, the Cranberry Isles, to the south of the main island, are home to thriving communities of mariners, lobstermen and artists.
(13) Randomly selected samples of cranberries were analyzed for residues of chlorothalonil, its metabolite 4-hydroxy-2,5,6-trichloroisophthalonitrile, hexachlorobenzene, and pentachlorobenzonitrile by extraction, methylation, Florisil column cleanup, and electron capture gas chromatography.
(14) Cranberry juice cocktail and urine and urinary epithelial cells obtained after drinking the cocktail all demonstrate antiadherence activity against Gram-negative rods isolated from urine and other clinical sources.
(15) Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum (MAIS) organisms were isolated and identified from waters, soils, aerosols, and droplets ejected from water collected from four geographically separate aquatic environments (Okefenokee Swamp, GA; Dismal Swamp, VA; Claytor Lake, VA; and Cranberry Glades, WV) during several seasons.
(16) Twenty-seven samples of different single strength cranberry juice were analyzed using this method; the mean content of quinic, malic, and citric acids were 1.32 (std dev.
(17) Cape Cookies with muesli yoghurt filling, cracked olives, Häagen-Dazs Belgian chocolate ice cream, mahatma rice, risotto with salmon, Turkish delights and, for a princely $75.28 (£48.94), Wensleydale and cranberries cheese weighing 58kg: if you live in Harare all these are available at a supermarket near you – if you can afford them.
(18) A reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatographic method is presented for the simultaneous separation and determination of quinic, malic, and citric acids in single strength, undiluted cranberry juice.
(19) Each group was then randomly assigned a number (150, 180, 210, 240) which determined the amount of cranberry juice, in milliliters, members of that group would ingest with each meal during the experimental phase of the study.
(20) These results suggest that the purified preparation from cranberry bean serves in fact as a potent inhibitor of rat pancreatic alpha-amylase.
Vaccinium
Definition:
(n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Example Sentences:
(1) The reports on anthocyanins include isolated reports on several berry juices and a considerable number of studies on Sambucus niger and Vaccinium myrtillus.
(2) Two examples of standardization are described, one concerning an extract whose therapeutical active constituents are known (anthocyanoside complex of Vaccinium myrtillus) and the other concerning an extract whose constituents must be regarded as chemical markers (Pygeum africamum extract).
(3) The effects of Vaccinium Myrtillus anthocyanosides (Myrtocyan, VMA; CAS 84082-34-8) on arteriolar vasomotion were assessed in cheek pouch microcirculation of anesthetized hamsters and in skeletal muscle microvasculature of unanesthetized hamster skin fold window preparation.
(4) Berries of Vaccinium myrtillus L. were the most digestible of the three foods, contained enough protein and P for maintenance, but were probably deficient in Na.
(5) A Vaccinium myrtillus anthocyanosides preparation (equivalent to 25% of anthocyanidins) demonstrated significant vasoprotective and antioedema properties in exerimental animals.
(6) Vaccinium myrtillus anthocyanosides by oral route inhibited carrageein paw oedema in rats showing a dose-response relationship.
(7) Treatment of rats with a flavonoid-type drug (anthocyanosides of Vaccinium myrtillus) for 12 days before the induction of hypertension kept the blood-brain barrier permeability normal and limited the increase in vascular permeability in the skin and the aorta wall.
(8) The pharmacokinetics of Vaccinium myrtillus anthocyanosides (VMA) have been investigated in male rats.
(9) Vaccinium myrtillus anthocyanins adminstered by i.v.
(10) Vaccinium myrtillus anthocyanins possess a greater affinity for some tissues, namely kidneys and skin rather than for plasma.
(11) Seven compounds were isolated from the radix of Vaccinium scopulorum.
(12) In view of the pharmacological interest in phenolic substances, we have determined the total amount of anthocyanins and polyphenols present in the berries of several cultivars of Ribes, Rubus, and Vaccinium genera.
(13) We have studied the effect of treatment with anthocyanosides from Vaccinium myrtillis on cholesterol-induced atheroma of rabbits.
(14) Treatment of the rats with anthocyanosides of Vaccinium myrtillis diminishes the permeability increasing effect of collagenase and accelerate the recovery of normal permeability.