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
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	4	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229