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
D-CATECHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DECANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Rhizome	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOL	2	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Rhizome	not available	28.5	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
DIRHEIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANOIC-ACID	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECANOL	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Root	not available	690.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-DIANTHRONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	not available	500.0	-0.67	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
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	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