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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
(+)-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
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytomegalovirus 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th