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
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	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	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	13	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.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *