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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

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
PAEONOL 20 Rhizome 80.0 *
PALMIDIN-A 0 Root *
PALMIDIN-B 0 Root *
PALMIDIN-C 0 Root *
PALMIDIN-D 0 Root *
PENTADECANAL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
PENTADECANE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Rhizome 12.5 *
PHENOL 26 Rhizome 0.5 *
PHENYLBUTANONE-GLYCOSIDES 0 Rhizome *
PHYSCION 5 Rhizome *
PHYSCION 5 Root 1660.0 -1.00 *
PHYSCION 5 Tissue Culture *
PHYSCION-8-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHYSCION-8-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHYSCION-8-O-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Root *
PHYSCION-DIANTHRONE 0 Root *
PHYSCION-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
PHYSCION-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Root *
PHYSCION-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Differentiator 1 *
Digestive 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic 7 *
DNA-Binder 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Estrogenic 4 Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
Expectorant 3 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.
FLavor 18 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fumigant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide 12 Wolf, R.B. Effects Of p-Methoxycinnamaldehyde From Star Anise And Related Cinnamic Acid Derivatives On Velvetleaf Germination. Journal of Natural Products, 49(1): 156-158, 1986.
Fungistat 1 Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Gastrostimulant 1 *