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

Plant Quercus rubra (Fagaceae)

Common Names
Northern Red 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
2,6-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE 5 Wood *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 8.2 -0.35 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 30.0 660.0 -0.33 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.2 1.17 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASH 0 Stem 20000.0 66000.0 0.00 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 10.0 660.0 -0.35 *
BORON 4 Seed 18.0 -0.29 *
BORON 4 Stem 3.0 66.0 2.46 *
BROMINE 0 Seed 1.6 -0.47 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 -0.34 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 947.0 -0.59 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 5200.0 23760.0 0.54 *
CATECHIN 43 Wood *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 49.0 -0.64 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.9 -0.55 *
CHROMIUM 24 Stem 0.1 3.3 -0.31 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.2 -0.20 *
COBALT 2 Stem 0.0 3.3 -0.57 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (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 2 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 5 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *