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
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	1000.0	65000.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Pt	1000.0	32000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Pt	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	7000.0	125000.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Pt	3000.0	135000.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Pt	0.1	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Pt	0.1	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRANGULA-EMODIN-ANTHRONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Pt	not available	53.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-3-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-4-O-(6'-O-GALLOYL)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCHRYSARONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOCHRYSARONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOGALLIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	3.0	250.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Pt	1.0	154.0	-0.14	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
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukorrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	6	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *