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.
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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
Antihepatotoxic	3	Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	12	Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.