Plant Rheum palmatum (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
D-CATECHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DECANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Rhizome	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOL	2	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Rhizome	not available	28.5	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
DIRHEIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANOIC-ACID	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANOL	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Root	not available	690.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-DIANTHRONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	not available	500.0	-0.67	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
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivasculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	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 *
Astringent	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Bacteristat	1	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	2	Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bird-Repellent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Bradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.