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
ISOEMODIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLINDLEYIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAPONTIGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID	8	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Pt	0.0	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINDLEYIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Pt	1.7	34.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Pt	90.0	1975.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM-OXALATE	0	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Pt	2.0	35.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Pt	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Pt	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	1.0	33.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Pt	2.0	57.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Pt	0.1	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Pt	1100.0	22000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	3000.0	11000.0	-0.15	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
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	9	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *