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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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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
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
MMP-2-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-7-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 4 *
Myorelaxant 4 Martindale's 29th
Narcotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 7 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neurodepressant 1 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.
Neurogenic 1 *
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuropathogenic 1 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.
Neuroprotective 1 *