Plant Quercus suber (Fagaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cork 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
ASH	0	Cork	1000.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Cork	18000.0	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEROIDS	0	Cork	45000.0	150000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLITOL	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Cork	200000.0	380000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERIN	1	Cork	10000.0	65000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Cork	126000.0	180000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLOGENIC-ACID	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHELLONIC-ACID	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOIONIC-ACID	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOIONOLIC-ACID	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUBERIN	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUBERINDIOL	0	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Cork	20000.0	65000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Cork	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Cork	30000.0	70000.0	not available	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
Allelochemic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	4	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	3	Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.