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Common Names
Chinese Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SENNOSIDE-F | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENNOSIDE-F | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENNOSIDES-A+B | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 140.0 | 175.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STILBENE-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Root | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | -1.09 | Abstract (See species file) |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 22 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| TORREYOL | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECANOIC-ACID | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | 9.0 | 10.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neurotoxic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nociceptive | 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. |
| Occuloirritant | 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. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Perfumery | 10 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Pesticide | 36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Pigment | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Prooxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Mueller, S. O., Stopper, H. 1999. Characterization of the Genotoxicity of Anthraquinones in Mammalian Cells. Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1428: 406-414. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proteinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |