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
RESVERATROL-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOXANTHIN	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.
RHAPONTICIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHATANNIN	0	Rhizome	not available	28571.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHATANNIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Root	not available	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN-8-MONOGLUCOSIDE	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.
RHEINOSIDE-A	0	Rhizome	not available	19971.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDE-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHEINOSIDE-B	0	Rhizome	not available	5126.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDE-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHEINOSIDE-C	0	Rhizome	not available	3718.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDE-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHEINOSIDE-D	0	Rhizome	not available	6422.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDE-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHEINOSIDES	0	Root	not available	12900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEUM-EMODIN	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.
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	13000.0	-0.49	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
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 *