Plant Quercus alba (Fagaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

White Oak

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-HYDROXYDAMMAR-24-EN-3-ON	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-FRIEDELANONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM	5	Bark	5.0	21.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Stem	20.0	1064.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Bark	29.0	127.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Bark	31008.0	136000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Stem	20000.0	76000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Stem	18.0	1140.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BORON	4	Stem	2.0	38.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Stem	0.0	1.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Bark	8436.0	37000.0	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Stem	4600.0	27360.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Bark	176700.0	775000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Flower	not available	596200.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	596200.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN	43	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHROMIUM	24	Bark	0.1	0.3	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.1	5.3	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	13	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *