Plant

Chinese rhubarb

Rheum officinale

Interstellar grade B+

Preclinical: Mechanistic, cell or animal evidence. No single preclinical driver opens a pathway on its own.

Appears on 4 blend pages, each linked below.

Its emodin blocks an enzyme the bacterium needs, confirmed by a solved crystal structure.

What the evidence shows

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Rheum officinale cuts the leakage from dying brain cells by more than 85% in irradiated rat neurons, pulling DNA fragmentation down with it.

In a registered US university trial, rhubarb extract alone protected kidney function.

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