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

Common Names
White Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-FRIEDELANONE 0 Bark 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 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 20.0 1064.0 0.08 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark 29.0 127.0 -0.54 *
ASH 0 Bark 31008.0 136000.0 2.00 *
ASH 0 Stem 20000.0 76000.0 0.41 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 18.0 1140.0 0.46 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 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 *
CADMIUM 3 Stem 0.0 1.0 -1.13 *
CALCIUM 28 Bark 8436.0 37000.0 1.75 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 4600.0 27360.0 0.93 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Bark 176700.0 775000.0 0.05 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 596200.0 -0.36 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 596200.0 0.29 *
CATECHIN 43 Bark 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 *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem 0.1 5.3 -0.03 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 7 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 11 Planta Medica, 57: A42, 1991.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.