Plant Rheum officinale (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Rhubarb

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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Rhizome	not available	3628.6	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Rhizome	not available	3437.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	365.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8,6-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3-CARBOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3-HYDROXYMETHYLANTRHAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXY-3-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-O-GALLOYL-GLYCEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-GALLOYLPROCYANIDIN-B-2	0	Rhizome	not available	1514.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-GALLOYL-PROCYANIDIN-B-1	0	Rhizome	not available	771.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRACENES	0	Root	30000.0	50000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AGEs-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Hanke, F. J., Natural Products as a Resource for Biologically Active Compounds, Thesis, U. Cal (Santa Cruz), 1986, 252 pp
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.