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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.
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
OXALIC-ACID 9 Pt 4400.0 13360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pt not available 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Pt 0.8 13.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Pt not available 1020.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 160.0 3472.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Pt 100.0 3462.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-8-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PICEATANNOL-3'-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Pt 2510.0 66400.0 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B1,3'-O-GALLATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 7000.0 276000.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Pt 4000.0 115000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAPONTIC-ACID 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
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