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

Common Names

White Oak

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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
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.