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
CHRYSARONE-METHYL-ETHER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL-1-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL-8-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPONTIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSORHAPONTIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Pt	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Pt	0.2	5.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYRHAPONTICIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYGLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-METHYL-ETHER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	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
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant	1	Martindale's 28th
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide	10	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition