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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
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 *

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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
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229