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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
LYONIRESINOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYONISIDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed not available 500.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 200.0 8580.0 1.61 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 3.9 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem 70.0 3300.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed not available 0.6 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.0 4.6 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 0.4 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.2 9.9 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 4 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 112.0 1254.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 8485.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 600.0 9240.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PROPIOGUAIACONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESORCIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed not available 5.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Stem 3.7 26.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *