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
ETHANOL	24	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Rhizome	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Rhizome	not available	0.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome	not available	9.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HENEICOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOL	0	Rhizome	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTYL-ACETATE	1	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECAHYDROPYRANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPERIN	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
IRON	6	Rhizome	100.0	180.0	-0.54	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
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antimigraine	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic	10	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antineoplastic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.