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

Common Names

English Oak

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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-ALPHA-ACETOXYFRIEDEL-3-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXYDAMMAR-24-EN-3-ON	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-FRIEDELANONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN	43	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN	8	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELINOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTIN-5(6)-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTIN-5(6)-EN-3-ON	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-QUERCITOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-VIBURNITOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBATANNIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	2	Merck 11th Edition
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	6	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	3	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.