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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 9.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | 9630.0 | 12400.0 | 1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEDROL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMONES | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSAZIN | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CHRYSOPHANEIN | 0 | Root | not available | 34.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Petiole | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Root | not available | 2100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANOL | 10 | Root | 690.0 | 3190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANOL-DIANTHRONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CINNAMIC-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 19.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITREOROSIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Rhizome | 6.0 | 10.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOHEXANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Genotoxic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hemostat | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatoregenerative | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Herbicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocalcemic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |