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
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antimutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiradicular	2	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antisickling	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *