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
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
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiodontalgic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antionychogryphotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiplaque	4	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *