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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *