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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
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
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 *