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Plant Quercus infectoria (Fagaceae)

Common Names
Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
BETA-D-GLUCOGALLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOGALLIPHARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit 20000.0 40000.0 0.93 Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOGALLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-HEPTA-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADIGALLOYLGLUCOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 3 Martindale's 29th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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 4 Duke, 1992 *
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition