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
ANTHRAQUINONE-GLYCOSIDES	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRONES	0	Leaf	10000.0	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Pt	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	110.0	1833.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Pt	80.0	2581.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	10000.0	194000.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Pt	8000.0	160000.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	0.3	5.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Pt	0.6	12.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Pt	0.1	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Pt	1.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Pt	0.0	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Pt	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	470.0	14400.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Pt	600.0	18462.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	41000.0	683000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Pt	37000.0	774000.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Pt	0.0	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSARONE	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
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *