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
Antihepatotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *