This database was created through a collaborative effort between the Nutrient Data Laboratory and Food Composition Laboratory, USDA-ARS; The Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, USDA-ARS; Mars, Inc.; and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

The database contains values for 205 food items for the following proanthocyanidins:

• Monomers
• Dimers
• Trimers
• 4-6 mers (tetramers, pentamers and hexamers)
• 7-10 mers (heptamers, octamers, nonamers and decamers)
• Polymers (DP>10)

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• USDA Database for the Proanthocyanidin Content of Selected Foods  
• PA.mdb - This file contains the Proanthocyanidin Database imported into a MS Access database.  It includes relationships between files.  You need MS Access 2000 to use this file.  Download the USDA Database for the Proanthocyanidin Content of Selected Foods for full documentation.  The file structure is the same as that of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.