Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Quercus robur (Fagaceae)

Common Names
English Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-ALPHA-ACETOXYFRIEDEL-3-ONE 0 Plant *
2-HYDROXYDAMMAR-24-EN-3-ON 0 Bark *
3-FRIEDELANONE 0 Bark *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark *
CATECHIN 43 Bark *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Bark *
FRIEDELIN 2 Bark *
FRIEDELINOL 0 Bark *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bark *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Bark *
GLUTIN-5(6)-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Bark *
GLUTIN-5(6)-EN-3-ON 0 Bark *
L-(+)-QUERCITOL 0 Bark *
L-VIBURNITOL 0 Bark *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Bark *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Bark *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Bark *
PECTIN 24 Bark *
PHLOBATANNIN 0 Bark *
QUERCETIN 176 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antialcoholic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.