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
ISOMENTHOL	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL	8	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	1980.0	2560.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	19.0	46.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Rhizome	not available	0.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Rhizome	0.5	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXADECANOATE	0	Rhizome	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-LINOLEATE	0	Rhizome	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTADECANOATE	0	Rhizome	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TRIDECANOATE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE-GLYCOSIDES	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	1.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE	0	Rhizome	0.5	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Rhizome	not available	0.5	-0.52	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.