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
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	5	Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat	2	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *