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
Estrogenic	3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
FLavor	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gonadotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.