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

 Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Rhubarb
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
30 (+)-CATECHIN Rhizome -- 14275.0 1.00 *
0 1'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE Rhizome -- 12.5 -- *
4 1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 553.1 -- *
0 1,3-DIEMTHYL-NAPHTHALENE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 1,5-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 1-2-DI-O-GALLOYL-6-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 96.9 -- *
0 1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 121.9 -- *
0 1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 143.8 -- *
0 1-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 75.0 -- *
0 1-O-GALLOYL-6-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE Rhizome -- 40.6 -- *
0 1-O-GALLOYL-FRUCTOSE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 2,3,5-TRIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 2,6-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 2-O-CINNAMOYL-1-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE Root -- -- -- *
0 2-PENTYL-FURAN Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 2-PHENYLBENZALDEHYDE Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 2-PHENYLETHANOL Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 3,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
0 3,4-DIMETHYL-HEXAN-3,4-DIOL Rhizome -- 0.5 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.