Plant Rheum rhabarbarum (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

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
ISOEMODIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLINDLEYIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAPONTIGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Pt	0.0	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINDLEYIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Pt	1.7	34.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Pt	90.0	1975.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM-OXALATE	0	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Pt	2.0	35.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Pt	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Pt	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	1.0	33.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Pt	2.0	57.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Pt	0.1	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Pt	1100.0	22000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	3000.0	11000.0	-0.15	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
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	3	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).