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
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
Antiprostatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyruvetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	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
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antirhinoviral	1	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella	5	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antisarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	21	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antisinusitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire	1	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
Antispasmodic	11	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic	1	Martindale's 28th