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

Common Names

Chinese Rhubarb

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Termitifuge	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	4	Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173.
Toxic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorilytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tuberculostatic	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *