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Plant Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae)

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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Rhizome not available 14275.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE 0 Rhizome not available 12.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 4 Rhizome not available 553.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3-DIEMTHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,5-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-2-DI-O-GALLOYL-6-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome not available 96.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome not available 121.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome not available 143.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-GALLOYL-2-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-GALLOYL-6-O-CINNAMOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Rhizome not available 40.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-GALLOYL-FRUCTOSE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-O-CINNAMOYL-1-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Rhizome not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHYL-HEXAN-3,4-DIOL 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
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.