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Plant Rheum rhabarbarum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 1000.0 65000.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Pt 1000.0 32000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pt not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 7000.0 125000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Pt 3000.0 135000.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Pt 0.1 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Pt 0.1 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
FRANGULA-EMODIN-ANTHRONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Pt not available 53.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-3-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-4-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCHRYSARONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOCHRYSARONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOGALLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 3.0 250.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Pt 1.0 154.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *