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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	120.0	2432.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	433.0	1900.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	600.0	7296.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Bark	19380.0	85000.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Flower	not available	54400.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	54400.0	62000.0	-1.53	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	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.
QUERCIN	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.
QUERCITRIN	44	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RESIN	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	0.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Stem	3.7	40.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
SCYLLITOL	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.
SELENIUM	60	Bark	0.3	1.5	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Stem	0.0	0.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Bark	0.4	1.6	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Stem	0.0	0.2	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	12.0	54.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Stem	4.0	380.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Plant	10.0	532.0	2.54	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
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.