CRANBERRY CRANBERRIES ARE A GROUP OF EVERGREEN DWARF SHRUBS OR TRAILING VINES IN THE SUBGENUS OXYCOCCUS OF THE GENUS VACCINIUM. IN BRITAIN, CRANBERRY MAY REFER TO THE NATIVE SPECIES VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS, WHILE IN NORTH AMERICA, CRANBERRY MAY REFER TO VACCINIUM MACROCARPON. VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS IS CULTIVATED IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE, WHILE VACCINIUM MACROCARPON IS CULTIVATED THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES, CANADA AND CHILE. IN SOME METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION, OXYCOCCUS IS REGARDED AS A GENUS IN ITS OWN RIGHT. THEY CAN BE FOUND IN ACIDIC BOGS THROUGHOUT THE COOLER REGIONS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. RECOMMENDED USE PROVIDES ANTIOXIDANTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF GOOD HEALTH. (USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO) HELP(S) PREVENT RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIS) IN WOMEN. (TRADITIONALLY) USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP PREVENT (RECURRENT) URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIS). CAUTION AND WARNING CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST OR WORSEN. CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF KIDNEY STONES. CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU ARE TAKING BLOOD THINNERS. NAKAJIMA Y, SATO Y, KONISHI T. ANTIOXIDANT SMALL PHENOLIC INGREDIENTS IN INONOTUS OBLIQUUS (PERSOON) PILAT (CHAGA). CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN 2007; 55(8):1222-1226. WON DP, LEE JS, KWON DS, LEE KE, SHIN WC, HONG EK. IMMUNOSTIMULATING ACTIVITY BY POLYSACCHARIDES ISOLATED FROM FRUITING BODY OF INONOTUS OBLIQUUS. MOLECULES AND CELLS 2011; 31(2):165-173. YOUN MJ, KIM JK, PARK SY, KIM Y, PARK C, KIM ES, PARK KI, SO HS, PARK R. POTENTIAL ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF THE WATER EXTRACT OF INONOTUS OBLIQUUS BY INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS IN MELANOMA B16-10 CELLS. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2009; 121(2):221-228. DU XJ, MU H, ZHOU S, ZHANG Y, ZHU XL. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF POLYSACCHARIDES EXTRACTED FROM INONOTUS OBLIQUUS SCLEROTIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES 2013; 62:691-696. JU HK, CHUNG HW, HONG SS, PARK JH, LEE J, KWON SW. EFFECT OF STEAM TREATMENT ON SOLUBLE PHENOLIC CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE CHAGA MUSHROOM (INONOTUS OBLIQUUS). FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 119(2):619-625. NING X, LUO Q, LI C, DING Z, PANG J, ZHAO C. INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF A POLYSACCHARIDE EXTRACT FROM THE CHAGA MEDICINAL MUSHROOM, INONOTUS OBLIQUUS (HIGHER BASIDIOMYCETES), ON THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN NEUROGLIOCYTOMA CELLS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS 2014; 16(1):29-36. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the medicinal ingredient.