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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
SCOPOLETIN 44 Wood *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 -0.26 *
SILICON 4 Seed 20.0 -1.12 *
SILICON 4 Stem 68.0 2442.0 1.40 *
SILVER 3 Stem 0.0 1.3 1.99 *
SINAPALDEHYDE 2 Wood *
SODIUM 1 Seed 6.0 -0.71 *
SODIUM 1 Stem 12.0 396.0 -0.21 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 1.3 -0.80 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 20.0 330.0 -0.41 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 1160.0 -0.78 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Wood *
SYRINGARESINOL 1 Wood *
TANNIN 35 Bark 160000.0 0.17 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed 0.0 -1.05 *
THORIUM 0 Seed 0.2 -0.20 *
TIN 4 Seed 0.4 -0.61 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 3.2 -0.54 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.2 20.0 -0.78 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed 0.1 0.01 *
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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) *