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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
SENNOSIDE-F 1 Root *
SENNOSIDES-A+B 0 Rhizome *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 140.0 175.0 -0.43 *
STILBENE-GLYCOSIDES 0 Rhizome *
TANNINS 0 Root 50000.0 100000.0 -1.09 Abstract (See species file)
TETRACOSANE 0 Rhizome 1.0 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Rhizome 10.5 *
TETRADECANOL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE 22 Rhizome 1.0 *
TETRARIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TORREYOL 2 Rhizome 0.5 *
TRICOSANE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
TRIDECANAL 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
TRIDECANE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Rhizome 0.5 *
UNDECANE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
UNDECANOIC-ACID 0 Rhizome 6.0 *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 9.0 10.0 -0.44 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypothermic 2 *
Immunomodulator 5 *
Immunostimulant 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 *
Insecticide 4 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Insectifuge 3 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Irritant 6 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.
Keratitigenic 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Lactagogue 1 *
Laxative 7 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Litholytic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *