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
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN-5-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-GALLOYL-GLYCEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-CINNAMOYLGLUCOGALLIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3',5-TRIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYSTILBEN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)BUTANONE-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXYMUSIZIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	1197.0	1238.0	3.07	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Pt	2.0	48.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Pt	1.0	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANHYDRORHAPONTIGENIN	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
Prostaglandigenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Proteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	6	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th