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

Common Names

Northern Red 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
2,6-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE	5	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	8.2	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Stem	30.0	660.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.2	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Stem	20000.0	66000.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Stem	10.0	660.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	not available	18.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	3.0	66.0	2.46	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	not available	1.6	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	947.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Stem	5200.0	23760.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN	43	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	49.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	0.9	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.1	3.3	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Stem	0.0	3.3	-0.57	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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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	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	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *