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
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 14.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FLavor	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *