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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
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
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 *
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 *
Transdermal 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 *
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 *
Tuberculostatic 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ulcerogenic 1 *
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 *
Vasopressor 1 *