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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOMENTHOL | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| M-CRESOL | 8 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Rhizome | 1980.0 | 2560.0 | 0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | 19.0 | 46.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 27.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXADECANOATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-LINOLEATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-OCTADECANOATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 47.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-TRIDECANOATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NAPHTHALENE-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.5 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANOIC-ACID | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECANE | 0 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | -0.52 | 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. |