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Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SENNOSIDE-F | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENNOSIDE-F | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENNOSIDES-A+B | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 140.0 | 175.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STILBENE-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Root | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | -1.09 | Abstract (See species file) |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 22 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| TORREYOL | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANOIC-ACID | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | 9.0 | 10.0 | -0.44 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 22 | Duke, 1992 * |