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Plant Quercus rubra (Fagaceae)

Common Names
Northern Red Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SCOPOLETIN 44 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed not available 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Seed not available 20.0 -1.12 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Stem 68.0 2442.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Stem 0.0 1.3 1.99 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPALDEHYDE 2 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed not available 6.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Stem 12.0 396.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed not available 1.3 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 20.0 330.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 1160.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL 1 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available 160000.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM 0 Seed not available 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Seed not available 0.4 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 3.2 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.2 20.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.01 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 *