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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
Spermicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Termitifuge 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173.
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.