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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Rhizome 14275.0 1.00 *
1'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome 12.5 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 4 Rhizome 553.1 *
1,3-DIEMTHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
1,5-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
1-2-DI-O-GALLOYL-6-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 96.9 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 121.9 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 143.8 *
1-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 75.0 *
1-O-GALLOYL-6-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 40.6 *
1-O-GALLOYL-FRUCTOSE 0 Rhizome *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-O-CINNAMOYL-1-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Root *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-PHENYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
3,4-DIMETHYL-HEXAN-3,4-DIOL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adaptogenic 1 *
AGEs-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 8 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 6 Martindale's 28th
Anesthetic 8 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 *
Antiacne 3 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant 7 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th