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
RHAPONTICIN	1	Root	not available	14200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAPONTIGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDES	0	Root	not available	12900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.2	3.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Pt	0.3	14.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Pt	1.1	58.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	6000.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE-A	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE-B	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Pt	3.0	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Pt	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Pt	20.0	855.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Pt	62.0	1240.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.2	3.3	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Pt	0.2	6.5	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
TORACHRYSONE-8-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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
Antiparkinsonian	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	6	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).