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
Antitumor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	1	TIllotson, A. K. (with Abel, Jr., R., Tillotson, N.H., Bajracharya, V.M.B.). 2001. The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know about Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments. Twin Streams, Kensington Publishing Corp. NY,NY. 596 pp
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	8	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Arylamine-N-Acetyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *