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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rheum rhabarbarum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Rhubarb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Root *
(+)-CATECHIN-5-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Root *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 7 Root *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root *
1,6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root *
1-O-GALLOYL-GLYCEROL 0 Root *
2-O-CINNAMOYLGLUCOGALLIN 0 Root *
3,3',5-TRIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYSTILBEN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant *
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)BUTANONE-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
6-HYDROXYMUSIZIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Pt *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 1197.0 1238.0 3.07 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Pt 2.0 48.0 -1.00 *
ALUMINUM 5 Pt 1.0 80.0 *
ANHYDRORHAPONTIGENIN 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 *
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigingivitic 2 *