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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
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 2 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 6 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 15 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *