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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Quercus suber (Fagaceae)

Common Names
Cork Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Cork 1000.0 40000.0 *
BETULIN 13 Cork *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Cork *
CELLULOSE 1 Cork 18000.0 50000.0 *
CEROIDS 0 Cork 45000.0 150000.0 *
CYCLITOL 0 Cork *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Cork 200000.0 380000.0 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Cork *
GLYCERIN 1 Cork 10000.0 65000.0 *
LIGNIN 13 Cork 126000.0 180000.0 *
PHELLOGENIC-ACID 0 Cork *
PHELLONIC-ACID 0 Cork *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Cork *
PHLOIONIC-ACID 0 Cork *
PHLOIONOLIC-ACID 0 Cork *
SUBERIN 0 Cork *
SUBERINDIOL 0 Cork *
TANNIN 35 Cork 20000.0 65000.0 *
VANILLIN 28 Cork *
WATER 0 Cork 30000.0 70000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Allelochemic 1 (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 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 2 (View) *
Antianemic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 3 (View) *
Anticancer 4 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticoronary 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antidrepanocytic 1 (View) *
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
Antiedemic 1 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 1 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 4 (View) Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 3 (View) Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.