An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Rheum palmatum

Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-METHYL-DIBENZOTHIOPHENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
4'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome 28.1 *
4'-O-METHYL-PICEID 0 Root 248.0 *
4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
4-METHYL-DIBENZOTHIOPHENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome 46.9 *
6-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome 25.0 125.0 *
8-GLUCOSYL-RHEIN-ANTHRONE 0 Root *
ALIZARIN 11 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Rhizome *
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Root 2030.0 *
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Tissue Culture *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome *
ALOE-EMODIN-DIANTHRONE 0 Root *
ALOE-EMODIN-DIANTHRONE-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root *
ALOE-EMODIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Root *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarthritic 5 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacillus 1 *
Antibacterial 22 *