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
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
Lithogenic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Methyl-Guanidine-Inhibitor	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
MMP-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-7-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nephroprotective	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Nephrotoxic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *